Pool for Testnet Coins !!

[btcpool24]

 testwww.btcpool24.com
 testmin.btcpool24.com Port 8338

 i´ve setup this pool for mining at the testnet. Here you can test your Rigs. The pool will pay Test-Coins.
 here i will test all new things for the real pool. www.btcpool24.com

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[Mike Hearn]

Please don't do that. The testnet is not intended for "testing rigs". It's meant for new feature development and trying out experimental patches. When the difficulty gets high it's harder to do that. Mining on the testnet with a GPU makes it useless for anyone else.

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You could sell your testnet coins for bitcoins at ExchangeCoin, not a great exchange rate, but it's something.

Oh yeah? Where is this ExchangeCoin?

[Rob P.]

There is no purpose to mining Testnet.  Please don't.

If you need to "Test a mining rig", then use Testnet in a Box (http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/testnet-in-a-box/).

Testnet-in-a-Box has multiple advantages over the real Testnet:

1)  The difficulty is 1, so you find blocks almost immediately.
2)  It makes sure you don't impact either the Bitcoin network or the actual Testnet
3)  It has all of the same advantages as the real Testnet.

I use Testnet-in-a-Box to actually test my mining pools, so I can verify payouts are working, shares are being handed out, etc.

I don't have to compete against anyone else, so it's perfect for doing my own development.

[Roodemol]

Please don't do that. The testnet is not intended for "testing rigs". It's meant for new feature development and trying out experimental patches. When the difficulty gets high it's harder to do that. Mining on the testnet with a GPU makes it useless for anyone else.

Hello,
is it possible to setup "testnet in a box" on a computer and mine with a miner (cgminer, DiabloMiner, ...) on a second one? With such a configuration one could easily test modifications on the SHA algorithm.


Regards,
Gilles

[cablepair]

i need some testnet coins