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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 ?
>>=20
>> Fast onboarding/lower disk overheads would be very much appreicated =
for
>> testing purposes
>=20
> Actually I'd advocate the opposite: I'd want testnet to be a *larger*
> blockchain than mainnet to find size-related issues first.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> --=20
> https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
>=20
>=20
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