From 6b60154d5ed95727a85a8e1d56d152a4e31a6777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Binns Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 18:58:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ch09: Update testnet3 size --- ch09.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch09.asciidoc b/ch09.asciidoc index b6e63257..1414a5ca 100644 --- a/ch09.asciidoc +++ b/ch09.asciidoc @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Keeping the coins worthless and the mining easy, however, is not easy. Despite p The current testnet is called _testnet3_, the third iteration of testnet, restarted in February 2011 to reset the difficulty from the previous testnet. -Keep in mind that testnet3 is a large blockchain, in excess of 20 GB in early 2017. It will take a day or so to sync fully and use up resources on your computer. Not as much as mainnet, but not exactly "lightweight" either. One good way to run a testnet node is as a virtual machine image (e.g., VirtualBox, Docker, Cloud Server, etc.) dedicated for that purpose. +Keep in mind that testnet3 is a large blockchain, in excess of 25 GB in 2021. It will take a day or so to sync fully and use up resources on your computer. Not as much as mainnet, but not exactly "lightweight" either. One good way to run a testnet node is as a virtual machine image (e.g., VirtualBox, Docker, Cloud Server, etc.) dedicated for that purpose. ===== Using testnet