Andreas Schildbach [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-05-17 📝 Original message:I think the best way to ...
📅 Original date posted:2014-05-17
📝 Original message:I think the best way to contribute to the infrastructure is actually
what we're doing: Test the current infrastructure and point out where it
is not working. Trying to find solutions for problems.
There is nothing gained by throwing additional hardware at a problem if
the problem itself isn't understood well.
On 05/17/2014 02:58 AM, Alex Kotenko wrote:
> Ok, what do I need to do? How do I host a testnet seed myself?
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Kotenko
>
>
> 2014-05-16 23:02 GMT+01:00 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at bitpay.com
> <mailto:jgarzik at bitpay.com>>:
>
> There are only two testnet seeds listed in bitcoind, and one of them
> returns SERVFAIL (testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org
> <http://testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org>) and the other
> just returns one A record (testnet-seed.bluematt.me
> <http://testnet-seed.bluematt.me>). No idea what
> seeds bitcoinj uses.
>
> If you are going to depend on testnet, especially for an important
> demo... contribute to the infrastructure! This stuff doesn't just fix
> itself for free.
📝 Original message:I think the best way to contribute to the infrastructure is actually
what we're doing: Test the current infrastructure and point out where it
is not working. Trying to find solutions for problems.
There is nothing gained by throwing additional hardware at a problem if
the problem itself isn't understood well.
On 05/17/2014 02:58 AM, Alex Kotenko wrote:
> Ok, what do I need to do? How do I host a testnet seed myself?
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Kotenko
>
>
> 2014-05-16 23:02 GMT+01:00 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at bitpay.com
> <mailto:jgarzik at bitpay.com>>:
>
> There are only two testnet seeds listed in bitcoind, and one of them
> returns SERVFAIL (testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org
> <http://testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org>) and the other
> just returns one A record (testnet-seed.bluematt.me
> <http://testnet-seed.bluematt.me>). No idea what
> seeds bitcoinj uses.
>
> If you are going to depend on testnet, especially for an important
> demo... contribute to the infrastructure! This stuff doesn't just fix
> itself for free.