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copper member
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September 25, 2024, 10:31:07 PM
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the BTC client will have to support both Testnet3 and testnet4
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29775/files#diff-c534c365a32e58168519cb10607734c54323b7f79049dd9a0a3dfbdfd649b31c
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argsman.AddArg("-testnet", "Use the testnet3 chain. Equivalent to -chain=test. Support for testnet3 is deprecated and will be removed with the next release. Consider moving to testnet4 now by using -testnet4.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CHAINPARAMS);
See? Removing support is planned. And you can confirm it, by reading the comments in the discussion between developers.

If someone else would want to develop testnet3, as an altcoin, then sure, go on. But it would be removed from Bitcoin Core in the future.
hero member
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September 25, 2024, 11:53:25 AM
#3

I feel like it will come with a core update where the engine only works with version 4, but if that happens some users will not update to continue supporting version 3. And if you ask my who would people do this? i would answer "Because the is money involved in version 3", since that one has a market some users don't want to see it gone.

As a result of people who no longer want to give up their testnet3 killing the reason for testnet; free distribution - a once a while reset can help reduce the importance of having to stay on old version for monetary gains. However, testnet3 will not die, it's been around for 13 years, the BTC client will have to support both Testnet3 and testnet4.
copper member
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September 25, 2024, 08:43:08 AM
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When will the version 3 die?
When users will stop using it (which may be never, if there is strong enough community to maintain it, as an altcoin).

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And how will this happen?
By dropping the support for it, in the next versions of Bitcoin Core. Which means, that any new bugfixes and improvements simply won't happen on testnet3 anymore. It will be left as it is, without any changes. If some people will agree to become a new developers, then it may have a chance to live as an altcoin. But most likely it will die, because some people believe, that if something is not supported by Bitcoin Core, then it is not Bitcoin (which is not true, but if enough people believe in that, then the network will die quickly).

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some users will not update to continue supporting version 3
Yes. And if they will encounter blockstorms, or other attacks, then they will have nobody to blame, because if you use outdated network, then you are responsible for keeping it alive, if you want to use it. The same would happen, if someone would decide to run Satoshi prenet version, with 20-bit difficulty blocks. Of course, you can use it, everything is decentralized, and so on, but if you will see, that your client blindly follows the longest chain (instead of the heaviest chain, with the most chainwork), then you can only blame yourself, because your node enforces those outdated rules (not to mention OP_TRUE OP_RETURN bug, Value Overflow Incident, and other issues).
legendary
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September 25, 2024, 08:06:01 AM
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Currently, we have two testnet network running on Bitcoin, version 3 and the new version 4. And my question is simple.

When will the version 3 die? And how will this happen?

I feel like it will come with a core update where the engine only works with version 4, but if that happens some users will not update to continue supporting version 3. And if you ask my who would people do this? i would answer "Because the is money involved in version 3", since that one has a market some users don't want to see it gone.
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