Edit:
Could someone just ask on the mailing list on the "Unbreaking testnet" email if the proposed date is still going to happen or if it is being pushed back(?)
Yes, I may send the message.
Stwenhao got an email in the list inquiring.
https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/iVLHJ1HWhoU/m/XalE9M6TAgAJThank you very much Saint.
UpdateIt also should be noted, that Testnet isn't broken... people just don't care for the game how the rules are set up. Which everyone totally agrees isn't great, but if a play works... you can't expect a professional team not to run it.
That being said, the price of Testnet is very low due to this. If that is the goal of Testnet, to keep it "free" or at least the prices low (because zero is basically impossible)... then perhaps letting these folks take that profit isn't terrible.
Technically, the Testnet coins are flowing into an active market at least with them. The other miner is just stocking 1.2 million coins without a single txid... that's crazy bad, regardless if they are including transactions or not. All the ASIC blocks confirm folks for now and it's just part of wait it out... welcome to crypto.
