BCH testnet4 for May 2022 network upgrade (updated, 2021-11-23)

BCHN Technical Bulletin 2021-09-15 (updated 2021-11-23)

We now have a testnet4 fork up for people to test-drive the Native Introspection and 64-bit Integers upgrade!

Download the v24.0.0 release here:

https://github.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bitcoin-cash-node/releases/tag/v24.0.0

Connect your node to one of the following nodes

• testnet4.imaginary.cash:28333

• t4fork.c3-soft.com:28333

and make the following configuration change to follow the test fork:

-testnet4=1

-upgrade8activationtime=1637694000

as well as run

bitcoin-cli invalidateblock 000000007810de1afbeffe07fc6545b882390ec0b4627f143249357b9355f5ac

After the above invalidation, your chain should contain the fork block:

00000000642ee3a09626b76fe983d1a37f79974ce032d526b1d94a5956786799

Connect your Electron-Cash client with --testnet4 specified to:

• t4fork.c3-soft.com:61002 (takes nonstandard transactions)

• testnet4.imaginary.cash:50002 (enforces standardness)

A block explorer for this testnet4 fork can be found at:

• https://testnet4.imaginary.cash

If you want to accelerate mining for testing purposes, feel free to mine to:

stratum+tcp://t4fork.c3-soft.com:3333 (mines nonstandard transactions)

stratum+tcp://testnet4.imaginary.cash:3333 (enforces standardness)

Bitcoin Unlimited and Knuth are set to join soon with their own clients. Happy testing!