Wrong. Testnet-in-a-box doesn't work for everybody.
+ No service like blockexplorer (no, Abe can't replace it)
+ No stress test (like you love to say) possible if you're the only one
+ You can't test your app/service with beta-testers o
first of all, block explorer is hardly a reliable service. Last time I checked it was down anyway.
btclook.com
You'll get beta testers on the testnet network, when there's more people on it. To do that, it needs some marginal value to attract any sort of volume of users. People need incentive.
I already get them. And currently it requires NOTHING from them to use it.
The whole point of testnet is having few people on it...
Yeah sure, people will use something valuable to test something in which they don't have any interest
You're just parasiting the whole principle of testnet
Why not copy-pasting bitcoin with a new genesis block? Why not using testnet2 or testnet1? (these are not rhetorical questions)
Because no one is on testnet2 or testnet1. If the dev's want to start it over- so be it. But the whole point is to experiment with an economy AND the technical possibilities with bitcoin which are anathema for mainline bitcoin.
Nice job ignoring my question about copy-pasting Bitcoin with different genesis block
Then use testnet2 or testnet1. That's the exact same thing except you don't ruin things for developpers.
How exactly are things ruined for developers? The only developers that could possibly be harmed from lots of people mining are...miners. Right? Anything else you might develop would require testers, right? That's the whole point. Testnet is a wasteland. Lots of bitcoin developers haven't even heard about testnet. YES I'M BEING SERIOUS. I would show you proof but I don't want to embarrass them, so you'll have to take my word for it.
Lots of Afghan girls never went to schools. YES I'M BEING SERIOUS. Let's not tell them about it and let's make its access even harder.
Anyway, how is that justify not to copy-paste Bitcoin?