Anyone looking to trial Nxt unreleased features can do so now.
There is a call for non technical users to test the testnet; your uncle, your mother your boyfriend.. everyone needs to give it a try.
https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/%28core%29-release-or-not-release/Using the testnet it easy (they designed it that way
)
What is testnet? It is a play area for new features to be trialled and broken before going on the mainnet that we all use otherwise. It looks the same, works the same as you are used to but you get to play with the newest features before they are released
Things beginners need to know:
1) Don't use your mainnet passwords on the testnet.
2) Do not use your mainnet passwords on the testnet. Create new testnet accounts you only use on testnet, do this and you will be completely safe.
3) Put the testnet client folder in a different place to you mainnet client folder. Cos you can't have two 'nxt' folders in the same place (stop laughing please)
4) You need to edit one file. No programming skills required, just basic typing skills. Go in to the folder nxt > conf > and open
nxt.default_properties in notepad.
Where it says
nxt.isTestnet=false change it to
nxt.isTestnet=true This tells the client to connect to testnet and not mainnet. Save the file and close.
5) This is the link to the testnet client, you can't use the mainnet one:
http://localhost:6876/index.html6) Once you have the testnet client running with a brand new testnet account set up, post you account ID here:
https://nxtforum.org/testnet/some-testnxt-to-test-asset-exchange/7) By doing step 6), you will shortly be sent some FREE TestNXT! (that aren't worth anything). So you will then have the ammunition to...
- Have a vote on the world's best bobsleigh team
- Phase a transaction to yourself to stop you spending your pocket money until next week
- Play with the various plugins that aren't available on mainnet yet, like NxtBubble everyone has been losing their minds over recently. Play for free
- and more
Personally, I am going to create an MSCurrency and use it as tokens in a vote (yes, you can vote with stuff other than NXT
). If you want to take part, please post your
testnet account here and I will send you a few tokens.
If I have convinced you to give it a whirl (what is the worst that could happen?), the latest testnet client is 1.5.8e and you can download it from:
https://nxtforum.org/nrs-releases/nrs-v1-5-8e/If this post is scary and frightening (understandable), then don't worry. Just ignore it and make sure you have upgraded the latest stable mainnet client (at time of writing NRS v1.4.18)
Please post any questions and I will find someone who can answer them