I downloaded Bitcoin-QT for Windows 7 into:
MYUSERNAME/Downloads/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32
I want to run Bitcoin in testnet mode, so I created bitcoin.conf with only the following content:
testnet=1
I put copies of bitcoin.conf into the following folders:
MYUSERNAME/Downloads/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32
User/MYUSERNAME/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin
When I double clicked on the Bitcoin-QT icon to execute the following, Bitcoin-QT starts up but it does not appear to be in testnet mode.
MYUSERNAME/Downloads/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-0.8.6-win32/bitcoin-qt.exe
Can anyone tell me why it does not seem to go into testnet mode?
I went to Start > cmd to get the DOS prompt. I entered the following and it worked:
C:UserMYUSERNAMEDownloadsbitcoin-0.8.-win32bitcoin-0.8.6-win32>bitcoin-qt.exe -testnet
Bitcoin-QT launches in testnet mode. However, it is not synchronizing with the network. At the bottom, it shows “No block source available…155 weeks behind”.
I tried adding the following to bitcoin.conf and restarted bitcoin-qt.exe -testnet but it didn’t make any difference.
addnode=1.2.3.4
checklevel=2
After a few hours, it still shows “No block source available…155 weeks behind”. How do I get this to synchronize?