From f838f93a196a8e2a3f84360e0b6fd7971744cb67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: clenser Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:18:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch11_blockchain.adoc with Atlas code editor --- ch11_blockchain.adoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ch11_blockchain.adoc b/ch11_blockchain.adoc index c9d699af..6b9e6938 100644 --- a/ch11_blockchain.adoc +++ b/ch11_blockchain.adoc @@ -554,13 +554,13 @@ You might be surprised to learn that there is more than one blockchain used with Bitcoin. The "main" Bitcoin blockchain, the one created by Satoshi Nakamoto on January 3rd, 2009, the one with the genesis block we studied in this -chapter, is called _mainnet_. There are other Bitcoin blockchains that +chapter, is ((("mainnet")))called _mainnet_. There are other Bitcoin blockchains that are used for testing purposes: at this time _testnet_, _signet_, and _regtest_. Let's look at each in turn. ==== Testnet: Bitcoin's Testing Playground -Testnet is the name of the test blockchain, network, and currency that +Testnet is ((("blockchain", "test blockchains", "testnet", id="blockchain-test-testnet")))((("test blockchains", "testnet", id="test-block-testnet")))((("testnet", id="testnet")))the name of the test blockchain, network, and currency that is used for testing purposes. The testnet is a fully featured live P2P network, with wallets, test bitcoins (testnet coins), mining, and all the other features of mainnet. The most important difference is that @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ incentive, at least in the short term. Because PoW mining is designed to be permissionless, anyone can mine, whether their intention is good or not. That means disruptive miners can create many blocks in a row on testnet without including any user transactions. When those attacks -happen, testnet becomes unusable for users and developers. +happen, testnet becomes unusable for users and ((("blockchain", "test blockchains", "testnet", startref="blockchain-test-testnet")))((("test blockchains", "testnet", startref="test-block-testnet")))((("testnet", startref="testnet")))developers. ==== Signet: The Proof of Authority Testnet