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August 10, 2014, 01:59:15 PM
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I'm trying to get my QT on OSX to run on the testnet. I've added "testnet=1" to my conf.
But after some time now i still have no connections and of course no blocks are downloading. All it says is that there is no block source available ?
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August 10, 2014, 03:06:17 PM
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Not much people are on testnet, did you try to add the node from theymos?

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 addnode=blockexplorer.com

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August 10, 2014, 04:01:34 PM
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Trying it but it does not seem to make a difference.
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August 13, 2014, 05:36:31 AM
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Maybe this will help.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File
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