bitcoin testnet

测试网络

测试网络被设计来替代 Bitcoin block chain，用于测试。它允许程序开发者或 bitcoin 试用者进行试验性的操作，而不用担心破费 bitcoin 或破解 bitcoin chain.

运行 bitcoin 或 bitcoind 时添加参数 -testnet 即可，或者在 bitcoin.conf 中添加一行 testnet=1 亦可。

两者区别

• 使用18333端口替代8333。
• Bootstrapping IRC channel is #bitcoinTEST instead of #bitcoin (both on irc.lfnet.org). The built-in node list is disabled.
• A different value of ADDRESSVERSION field ensures no testnet BitCoin addresses will work on the production network. (0x6F rather than 0x00)
• The protocol message header bytes are shifted up (0xFABFB5DA instead of 0xF9BEB4D9)
• Minimum difficulty of 1.0 on testnet is equal to difficulty of 0.5 on mainnet. This means that the mainnet-equivalent of any testnet difficulty is half the testnet difficulty.
• A new genesis block

免费获取测试币的网址：

http://tpfaucet.appspot.com/

每次获取1%，如果网站余额低于14.14，则拒绝支出。

http://testnet.bitcoin.peercoinfaucet.com/

每次获取一个测试币。

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