Test Net for Advanced Users

[iHashFury]

My test witness missed all blocks since I haven't enabled block production.. 

I may have done the same but I don't think I was voted in.

How do you enable block production?

Nothing is needed beyond launching the witness_node with the witness ID and public private key pair.  You can also add them to the config.ini if you prefer.

Cool - thanks - so I did set my witness correctly

[puppies]

My test witness missed all blocks since I haven't enabled block production.. 

I may have done the same but I don't think I was voted in.

How do you enable block production?

Nothing is needed beyond launching the witness_node with the witness ID and public private key pair.  You can also add them to the config.ini if you prefer.

[betax]

Are we going to test up to 1000 witnesses? If I am correct that is the new number...

And can we spin some test vps like the D14 in Azure with
16 cores   112 GB ram?  Just to get an idea of performance, it could be same zone, etc.

Or amazon r3.8xlarge, 32, 104, 244, 2 x 320 SSD

Obviously for a short period of time

Edit.. amazon option has more ram

[betax]

My test witness missed all blocks since I haven't enabled block production.. 

I did not enable block production, I just vote myself in.

[iHashFury]

My test witness missed all blocks since I haven't enabled block production.. 

I may have done the same but I don't think I was voted in.

How do you enable block production?

[clayop]

My test witness missed all blocks since I haven't enabled block production.. 

Hey!   

I believe that my witness was producing blocks. But didn't check about the ntp error.

[abit]

My test witness missed all blocks since I haven't enabled block production.. 

[maqifrnswa]

side note, ARM bitshares works fine - sorry for the noise earlier -- stupid mistake on my part! next testnet I can through an RPI2 on it

[betax]

I was producing blocks, but every so often I had the ntp error.

[puppies]

@bytemaster So you meant all of five test witnesses were missing blocks?

He said we lost a count of 2 every ten seconds.  That would be 4 witnesses missing blocks.

[betax]

Who of you can recall bts testnets 1 through 12?
[emoji14]

I do !!

[clayop]

@bytemaster So you meant all of five test witnesses were missing blocks?

[maqifrnswa]

Who of you can recall bts testnets 1 through 12?
[emoji14]

That was fun - especially the "do everything you can to break the network" days! It also was cool seeing the API develop and features being added  and evolving.

[xeroc]

Who of you can recall bts testnets 1 through 12?
[emoji14]

[betax]

For now, the dev team can't even publish a testnet for general users,how low quality they are,no wonder the price act like shit.

This is an advanced users test net, which it was actually really good, but all of us were experimenting, getting first hands experience, setting up servers etc. So is not going to smoothly.