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Topic: Bitcoin Testnet block height 627810 (port 18333) (Read 680 times)

legendary
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December 26, 2015, 07:05:49 PM
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The diff on testnet resets if there was no block found after 20 minutes. Thus the difficulty stays low and testnet miners find more blocks than mainnet miners.

Pretty much. The difficulty on the testnet is much lower than the mainnet, and it resets back to the minimum if no block was found in some time. I think a couple months ago someone was mining tons of testnet blocks trying to push it to go past the second halving for some reason.

thank you!
staff
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Just writing some code
Why is the block height 627810 on the Bitcoin Testnet? Are there information out how and why this happened?

This block height is far ahead to the Mainnet block height.

EDIT: maybe someone put large hash power on the testnet3 and solve a lot of blocks in no time before a diff adjustement happened?
Pretty much. The difficulty on the testnet is much lower than the mainnet, and it resets back to the minimum if no block was found in some time. I think a couple months ago someone was mining tons of testnet blocks trying to push it to go past the second halving for some reason.
copper member
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No I dont escrow anymore.
The diff on testnet resets if there was no block found after 20 minutes. Thus the difficulty stays low and testnet miners find more blocks than mainnet miners.
legendary
Activity: 2459
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-> morgen, ist heute, schon gestern <-
or the diff on testnet is verry low?
legendary
Activity: 2856
Merit: 1518
Bitcoin Legal Tender Countries: 2 of 206
Why is the block height 627810 on the Bitcoin Testnet? Are there information out how and why this happened?

This block height is far ahead to the Mainnet block height.

EDIT: maybe someone put large hash power on the testnet3 and solve a lot of blocks in no time before a diff adjustement happened?
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