Testnet under attack?
2 messages, 15 Nov 2013. Started by Mike Belshe.
Mike Belshe, Mike Hearn
It appears that someone is minting new blocks literally every couple of seconds on the testnet chain right now.
You can see it on both blockexplorer: http://blockexplorer.com/testnet
and also btclook: http://testnet.btclook.com/
Is this something we should worry about?
thanks, Mike
I don't use testnet much anymore, partly because it sometimes kind of breaks like this. It's a public resource and people sometimes abuse it.
You can create your own local network with -regtest and that lets you mint new blocks instantly. It's a much simpler way to do testing and app development.
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mike Belshe <mike@belshe•com> wrote:
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