Testnet4 is the newest public test network, about 150,000 blocks.
Save the settings below as testnet4.cfg and start the node with it:
$ bs -c testnet4.cfg
The store is created in a testnet4 directory under the working
directory, apart from any mainnet store.
[database]
path = testnet4
[bitcoin]
bip16_activation_time = 1329264000
bip30_deactivate_checkpoint = 0000000012982b6d5f621229286b880e909984df669c2afabb102ce311b13f28:1
bip30_reactivate_height = 486000000
bip34_activation_sample = 100
bip34_activation_threshold = 51
bip34_enforcement_threshold = 75
bip34_freeze = 1
bip65_freeze = 1
bip66_freeze = 1
bip9_bit0_active_checkpoint = 0000000012982b6d5f621229286b880e909984df669c2afabb102ce311b13f28:1
bip9_bit1_active_checkpoint = 0000000012982b6d5f621229286b880e909984df669c2afabb102ce311b13f28:1
bip9_bit2_active_checkpoint = 0000000012982b6d5f621229286b880e909984df669c2afabb102ce311b13f28:1
checkpoint = 00000000da84f2bafbbc53dee25a72ae507ff4914b867c565be350b0da8bf043:0
genesis_block = 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
milestone = 0000000000d9877342754dea8ec1eb24631517d38e3443c370465ee53a8b7434:150000
minimum_work = 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009a0fe15d0177d086304
[forks]
block_storm_patch = true
difficult = false
time_warp_patch = true
[peer]
identifier = 675223068
[wallet]
hd_private_prefix = 70615956
hd_public_prefix = 70617039
p2kh_prefix = 111
p2sh_prefix = 196
silent_prefix = tsp
wif_prefix = 239
witness_prefix = tb
[inbound]
bind = 127.0.0.1:48333
[outbound]
seed = seed.testnet4.bitcoin.sprovoost.nl:48333
seed = seed.testnet4.wiz.biz:48333
connect_batch_size = 10
connections = 50
[node]
maximum_concurrency = 100000
[table.header]
expected = 156456
size = 17835984
[table.txs]
buckets = 150001
size = 604424
[table.tx]
expected = 14810011
size = 9478407
[table.ins]
expected = 33127580
size = 17226342
[table.outs]
expected = 57089349
size = 5138041
[table.input]
size = 9000000000
[table.output]
size = 20343818
[table.strong]
expected = 14810011
size = 1629101
[table.candidate]
buckets = 150001
[table.confirmed]
buckets = 150001
[table.state]
buckets = 150001
[table.scan]
buckets = 150001
[bitcoin]replaces the chain parameters, with soft forks active from block 1.forks.time_warp_patchenables the testnet4 time warp rule.forks.block_storm_patchenables the testnet4 block storm rule.forks.difficult = falseenables testnet's minimum difficulty blocks.peer.identifieris the testnet4 network magic.[outbound]replaces the mainnet seeds.[wallet]sets the testnet address and key prefixes used by the server (Settings Reference).[table.*]sizes the store for the chain at 150,000 blocks.node.maximum_concurrencyraises the download window, since testnet blocks are small.