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From: Johnson Lau <jl2012@xbt.hk>
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 04:44:25 +0800
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To: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>,
	bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: shiva sitamraju <shiva@blockonomics.co>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Testnet3 Reest
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A public testnet is still useful so in articles people could make =
references to these transactions.

Maybe we could have 2 testnets at the same time, with one having a =
smaller block size?

> On 31 Aug 2018, at 4:02 AM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>=20
> Signed PGP part
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 12:58:42PM +0530, shiva sitamraju via =
bitcoin-dev wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> Testnet is now 1411795 blocks and a full sync is taking atleast 48 =
hours.
>>=20
>> Is a testnet reset scheduled in the next release or any reason not to =
do a
>> reset ?
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>> Fast onboarding/lower disk overheads would be  very much appreicated =
for
>> testing purposes
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> Actually I'd advocate the opposite: I'd want testnet to be a *larger*
> blockchain than mainnet to find size-related issues first.
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> Note that for testing regtest is often a better alternative, and you =
can setup
> private regtest blockchains fairly easily and with good control over =
exactly
> when and how blocks are created.
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> --=20
> https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
>=20
>=20