Bitcoin Testnet page is outdated. (v4 launched)

[BayAreaCoins]

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

(Thanks, I lost my editor privileges years ago.)

[NotATether]

(Thanks, I lost my editor privileges years ago.)

What? Why?

I can help you get them back if necessary.

Edit: I updated the testet page, but not the Details section. It may be incorrect. Does the difficulty still reset to 1 if no block has been found in 20 minutes? I'm not talking about the timewarp loophole that's been closed. In fact I need to create an entirely new page for that.

[stwenhao]

Does the difficulty still reset to 1

Yes. It may be changed in testnet5: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5543921

I'm not talking about the timewarp loophole that's been closed.

The timewarp was fixed during difficulty adjustment. But mining blocks on CPU is still possible in testnet4.

In fact I need to create an entirely new page for that.

Yes, different testnets have different rules. If there is enough content, then it can be splitted into several pages.

[BayAreaCoins]

(Thanks, I lost my editor privileges years ago.)

What? Why?

I can help you get them back if necessary.

Edit: I updated the testet page, but not the Details section. It may be incorrect. Does the difficulty still reset to 1 if no block has been found in 20 minutes? I'm not talking about the timewarp loophole that's been closed. In fact I need to create an entirely new page for that.

I lost it many moons ago about a disagreement regarding the faucet section of the Wiki with MidnightMagic and I was a dick.

I deserved to lose it + I make a ton of typos anyways.


The difficulty still does reset at 20 minutes.

People are starting to speculate about Bitcoin Testnet... I'd vote just leave the merged facts on Wiki and attempt not to speculate.

Thank you very much, I appreciate you.  I'll be happy to tip if you have a Bitcoin address handy.

[NotATether]

I lost it many moons ago about a disagreement regarding the faucet section of the Wiki with MidnightMagic and I was a dick.

I deserved to lose it + I make a ton of typos anyways.


The difficulty still does reset at 20 minutes.

People are starting to speculate about Bitcoin Testnet... I'd vote just leave the merged facts on Wiki and attempt not to speculate.

Thank you very much, I appreciate you.  I'll be happy to tip if you have a Bitcoin address handy.

No problem.

Here's the address I usually display for tipping: bc1q4djl6pxt90nfs8fufdul26ufxukxxrczsfjj0h

It used to be on my profile, but I removed it to make room for other stuff.

[BayAreaCoins]

https://blockstream.info/tx/d814a912b54f38b5b38b74654db2627b4f9da561cf6f46ebc7e4f739ad8eef3e

We technically have a massive Testnet faucet too (registation required, but no KYC or anything weird, no email either if desired).  https://altquick.com/faucet/

0.005 TBTC every ten minutes with a 0.01 TBTC withdrawal fee. There are smarter ways to use the faucet, for example, users can get Bitcoin and trade to 0.22 TBTC every ten minutes.  Different coins trade for different prices... it is to hopefully inspire thinking early on while joining Testnet.

But ehh <3 haha

(I owned FreeBitcoins.com and other faucets, MM nuked the whole faucet section after I organized + cleaned it.  Blah blah blah, glad to see your updates.  I think they are all appropriate.)