I'm syncing testnet and according to block explorers, it's currently 1.5 million blocks long... at the rate I'm syncing it will take approx 1 month to fully sync. why hasn't testnet been reset? damn the chain is too long for testing.
It's good websockets have been added, maybe even more useful than ZMQ. Still it's a shame ZMQ itself didn't add websockets as a protocol option. It's been a lingering request for years.