Re: [bitcoin-dev] One testnet to rule them all

2022-03-05 Thread Jeremy Rubin via bitcoin-dev
Signet degrades to a testnet if you make your key OP_TRUE. It's not about needing 21M coins it's about easily getting access to said coins for testing, where it's kinda tricky to get testnet coins. On Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 6:17 PM wrote: > > There's no point to pegging coins that are worthless int

Re: [bitcoin-dev] One testnet to rule them all

2022-03-05 Thread vjudeu via bitcoin-dev
> There's no point to pegging coins that are worthless into a system of also > worthless coins, unless you want to test the mechanism of testing pegging. But testing pegging is what is needed if we ever want to introduce sidechains. On the other hand, even if we don't want sidechains, then the q

Re: [bitcoin-dev] One testnet to rule them all

2022-03-05 Thread Jeremy Rubin via bitcoin-dev
There's no point to pegging coins that are worthless into a system of also worthless coins, unless you want to test the mechanism of testing pegging. As is, it's hard enough to get people set up on a signet, if they have to run two nodes and then scramble to find testnet coins and then peg them we

[bitcoin-dev] One testnet to rule them all

2022-03-05 Thread vjudeu via bitcoin-dev
In testnet3, anyone can become a miner, it is possible to even mine a block on some CPU, because the difficulty can drop to one. In signet, we create some challenge, for example 1-of-2 multisig, that can restrict who can mine, so that chain can be "unreliably reliable". Then, my question is: why