Testnet
Testnet
Is there a Namecoin test-net that I can use to experiment with registering names without burning real NMC? (I suppose there is similarly to Bitcoin, I just never tried.) And how do I get test-net NMC for working with them, is there some kind of give-away somewhere? Or am I able to mine a block on the test-net with standard hardware in a realistic time?
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Re: Testnet
Maybe ask moa: http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=68domob wrote:Is there a Namecoin test-net that I can use to experiment with registering names without burning real NMC? (I suppose there is similarly to Bitcoin, I just never tried.) And how do I get test-net NMC for working with them, is there some kind of give-away somewhere? Or am I able to mine a block on the test-net with standard hardware in a realistic time?
Re: Testnet
Has been quite some time since I configured to use namecoin testnet so couldn't say categorically. maybe ask kahl?
Usually now I just start with a fresh, empty wallet and test stuff on main net since namecoin isn't particularly mainstream ... unless you have code you think can break the net ...
Usually now I just start with a fresh, empty wallet and test stuff on main net since namecoin isn't particularly mainstream ... unless you have code you think can break the net ...
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Thanks for the info. I'm not going to work on the client, but instead I want to test code that registers names and so on. And while a name isn't particularly expensive, I would have preferred to use testnet-coins for that rather than real ones; but if that's not so easily possible, I have no problem to spend some 0.01 NMCs on the real net for that.moa wrote:Has been quite some time since I configured to use namecoin testnet so couldn't say categorically. maybe ask kahl?
Usually now I just start with a fresh, empty wallet and test stuff on main net since namecoin isn't particularly mainstream ... unless you have code you think can break the net ...
BTC: 1domobKsPZ5cWk2kXssD8p8ES1qffGUCm | NMC: NCdomobcmcmVdxC5yxMitojQ4tvAtv99pY
BM-GtQnWM3vcdorfqpKXsmfHQ4rVYPG5pKS
Use your Namecoin identity as OpenID: https://nameid.org/
BM-GtQnWM3vcdorfqpKXsmfHQ4rVYPG5pKS
Use your Namecoin identity as OpenID: https://nameid.org/
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Re: Testnet
I had the same question a few weeks back, try getting it up and running and let us know how it goes. Maybe document it on the wiki?domob wrote: Thanks for the info. I'm not going to work on the client, but instead I want to test code that registers names and so on. And while a name isn't particularly expensive, I would have preferred to use testnet-coins for that rather than real ones; but if that's not so easily possible, I have no problem to spend some 0.01 NMCs on the real net for that.
If it doesn't pan out, I can throw you some nmc, I have a lot from dual-mining.
DNS is much more than a key->value datastore.
Re: Testnet
Quick update: When I addnode 178.32.31.41 as suggested by khal in the thread linked above (from 2011, but it seems that IP is still up), I get a connection on testnet. I also started it up on my VPS, and now I even see 2 or 3 connections, yeah!
Let's see whether I can mine some coins ... the difficulty is 1144, and my laptop makes around 1.7 MHash/s. The VPS makes about 2 MHash/s, so it will be interesting whether I have some coins tomorrow (but I think it should work out, although I don't really have any experience with mining). I'll keep you updated, this is definitely fun!
Let's see whether I can mine some coins ... the difficulty is 1144, and my laptop makes around 1.7 MHash/s. The VPS makes about 2 MHash/s, so it will be interesting whether I have some coins tomorrow (but I think it should work out, although I don't really have any experience with mining). I'll keep you updated, this is definitely fun!
BTC: 1domobKsPZ5cWk2kXssD8p8ES1qffGUCm | NMC: NCdomobcmcmVdxC5yxMitojQ4tvAtv99pY
BM-GtQnWM3vcdorfqpKXsmfHQ4rVYPG5pKS
Use your Namecoin identity as OpenID: https://nameid.org/
BM-GtQnWM3vcdorfqpKXsmfHQ4rVYPG5pKS
Use your Namecoin identity as OpenID: https://nameid.org/
Re: Testnet
I'm also looking for testnet coins, because I don't want to burn real ones while developing/testing a flask app. I currently see 2 connections, so somebody must be out there I have never mined anything, so any donation to mqiGPrMwV62pkPyoWWdpb9eKm5rsWLUpJH would be appreciated. I also run a small BTC testnet faucet that I could switch to NMC if somebody has many to fill it. Or could I still mine some quickly with a CPU?
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tell me more about the flask app! how many nmc would you say you need?nkuttler wrote:I'm also looking for testnet coins, because I don't want to burn real ones while developing/testing a flask app. I currently see 2 connections, so somebody must be out there I have never mined anything, so any donation to mqiGPrMwV62pkPyoWWdpb9eKm5rsWLUpJH would be appreciated. I also run a small BTC testnet faucet that I could switch to NMC if somebody has many to fill it. Or could I still mine some quickly with a CPU?
domob, you too! how many do you need at the moment?
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The flask app started as an experiment with the bitcoin RPC API to list stuff. Then I added basic functionality like displaying accounts, addresses, creating new ones. Everything went smoothly so I added sending coins from a wallet, sending coins from an account. Then I thought, well, all I need now is message signing and I won't need bitcoin-qt any morefoglight wrote: tell me more about the flask app! how many nmc would you say you need?
Then I noticed all coins share a similar API and added my FTC nodes to my app instance (the nodes are stored in a db). Then I read about NMC again and thought that's a coin that's actually useful in itself. So now I want to support the commands for managing names.
If you're interested I could send it to you in it's current state, I don't feel like publishing it yet, it's not polished enough yet. I'm not even sure people will find it that useful (bitcoin-python doesn't do https afaik, so it would only be useful on localhost or a tightly secured LAN). I've uploaded a few screenshots to http://dev.kuttler.eu/public/flaskwallet/
I don't really know how many NMC I need. A new name apparently costs 0.01 now, but I'm not sure if that applies to testnet as well? I guess 1 testnet coin would be more than enough to get started If you mean real NMC.. I don't plan on registering many names per se, but it would still be nice if I could do some testing.
Edit: Actually, if nobody has testnet coins I'll just buy real NMC I guess
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Re: Testnet
What's your namecoin address? It would be great if you could keep the testnet up and running. I've got an NMC box running 24/7, is it a PITA to set up?
DNS is much more than a key->value datastore.