Do you need nodes for testing purposes? Not many people are actively using.
Last I heard about someone using the test net is was from Bitcoin XT supporters, here are some nodes from them if you're interested on that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoinxt/comments/3s08sl/bip101_on_testnet_is_coming_want_to_help/
Topic: Incoming connections on mainnet but not testnet (Read 584 times)
I'm brand new at this. I installed Bitcoin Core for Windows (10) and let it download the blockchain for a while. I set up my router to pass ports 8333 and 18333 to the right computer, and I was getting incoming connections.
Then I abandoned the download of the real blockchain, and tried running on the testnet. I did this by altering the target in my desktop shortcut properties to read:
"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -testnet -port=18333
I do not have any incoming connections. I tried testing with this command at the command at the command prompt of another computer:
telnet 18333
I got a blank screen, which is what I think I should get.
Any ideas?
Geber
Then I abandoned the download of the real blockchain, and tried running on the testnet. I did this by altering the target in my desktop shortcut properties to read:
"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -testnet -port=18333
I do not have any incoming connections. I tried testing with this command at the command at the command prompt of another computer:
telnet
I got a blank screen, which is what I think I should get.
Any ideas?
Geber
Testnet has not that many nodes coming up trying to establish a connection. IIRC I never had outbound connections on testnet either. Its working perfectly fine on the regular network though (19 in currently).
I only run a testnet node for a short amount of time though, maybe you will get some after a while.
I'm brand new at this. I installed Bitcoin Core for Windows (10) and let it download the blockchain for a while. I set up my router to pass ports 8333 and 18333 to the right computer, and I was getting incoming connections.
Then I abandoned the download of the real blockchain, and tried running on the testnet. I did this by altering the target in my desktop shortcut properties to read:
"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -testnet -port=18333
I do not have any incoming connections. I tried testing with this command at the command at the command prompt of another computer:
telnet 18333
I got a blank screen, which is what I think I should get.
Any ideas?
Geber
Then I abandoned the download of the real blockchain, and tried running on the testnet. I did this by altering the target in my desktop shortcut properties to read:
"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -testnet -port=18333
I do not have any incoming connections. I tried testing with this command at the command at the command prompt of another computer:
telnet
I got a blank screen, which is what I think I should get.
Any ideas?
Geber
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