Regular testnet reset
2 messages, 13 to 15 Sep 2019. Started by Emil Engler.
Emil Engler, Bryan Bishop
Hello, I'm thinking about writing a BIP about resetting the testnet on regular/scheduled basis
The idea works like this: * Every 210000 block is being used as the genesis of a completely new chain. * The old one gets forgotten * No chain can be longer than 210000 blocks
The problems are: * How to get this working with testnet3? Only a hardfork probably. * Is it that easy to change the chain while Bitcoin Core is running? Probably the blocks need to be appended to the cureent one. After a restart it would get patched * Could the the chain derive into multiple once at every reset? (Planned attacks)
What do you think about the idea?
Greetings, Emil Engler
On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 8:49 AM Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> Hello, I'm thinking about writing a BIP about resetting the testnet on > regular/scheduled basis >
As a reminder, here is where you last brought up the idea, and the feedback:
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-June/017014.html https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-June/017031.html
Since then, here is some new material on signet: https://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/tel-aviv-2019/edgedevplusplus/signet/
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