I downloaded Bitcoin-QT for Home windows 7 into:
MYUSERNAME/Downloads/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32
I need to run Bitcoin in testnet mode, so I created bitcoin.conf with solely the next content material:
testnet=1
I put copies of bitcoin.conf into the next folders:
MYUSERNAME/Downloads/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32
Consumer/MYUSERNAME/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin
Once I double clicked on the Bitcoin-QT icon to execute the next, Bitcoin-QT begins up nevertheless it doesn’t look like in testnet mode.
MYUSERNAME/Downloads/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-qt.exe
Can anybody inform me why it doesn’t appear to enter testnet mode?
I went to Begin > cmd to get the DOS immediate. I entered the next and it labored:
C:UserMYUSERNAMEDownloadsbitcoin-0.8.-win32bitcoin-0.8.6-win32>bitcoin-qt.exe -testnet
Bitcoin-QT launches in testnet mode. Nevertheless, it’s not synchronizing with the community. On the backside, it reveals “No block supply obtainable…155 weeks behind”.
I attempted including the next to bitcoin.conf and restarted bitcoin-qt.exe -testnet nevertheless it did not make any distinction.
addnode=1.2.3.4
checklevel=2
After a number of hours, it nonetheless reveals “No block supply obtainable…155 weeks behind”. How do I get this to synchronize?