TestNet

[Lyndsay Roger]

Hi

In the code that came from Bitcoin there is support for using TestNet which is different from what they call MainNet.

With Twister there is only one network/blockchain etc.

Are there any plans to create a TestNet for Twister? or to put it another way - Is Twister still considered Alpha/Beta code and people accept that things may break at times?

If I was to work on the development of a new node/client for the network are there steps I should take to make sure I don't break the existing network?

Thanks

@lroger

[Miguel Freitas]

Hi,

Thanks for the question!

twister has no testnet just because i never cared to implement the testnet settings ;-)

I think testnet is always useful. even if we reach a maturity state, testnet is a good playground for new ideas. For example, the username confirmation mechanism we are yet to create would be a good candidate for testnet.

So, in short, if you want to send some patches to fix the testnet settings (define a port, another genesis block etc) i'd gladly accept.

regards,

Miguel

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[Lyndsay Roger]

Thanks Miguel

I would propose that as port 29333 is in use by Twister we add 10,000 to everything for the Testnet. If anyone has any thoughts then let me know.

Twister MainNet -

default port: 28333

network magic number: 0xf0dabbd2

Twister TestNet -

default port: 38333

network magic number: 0xf0dae2e2

I don't think the other things that were changed between Bitcoin & Twister will need to be changed between the Twister Mainnet & Testnet but let me know if anyone thinks they should be changed.

If nobody has any issues then I will work on some patches for twister-core & twister-seeder and also update my dnsseeder with the new details. I am not an html/css/js person so if anything in twister-html needs to be changed then I will leave this for others.

Also if anyone has details on how to create a new genesis block or other tasks that we will need to do then send them through :-)

Regards

Lyndsay