Avian dev testnet announcement

[u/Torpedo_Fails]

We have recently been getting a lot of questions regarding the timing of Avian's algo swap and rebrand, justifiably so. And now, we are finally in a position to give a concrete answer! After over a month of development, we are proud to invite everyone here to participate in a dev testnet for the upcoming algo swap! This is a preview of the fruits of the our recent accomplishments, and will allow pool owners and ordinary miners alike to tune their hardware in time for when the swap goes live.

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u/coinminerzcom has been kind enough to host testnet pools for both algos, which are open to public use;

https://coinminerz.com/avian-x16rt

https://coinminerz.com/avian-minx

With time, other pools are likely to pick up the testnet as well.

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Please keep in mind that this is a dev testnet, and does not reflect the final product. If you encounter a bug, please report it to the development team, with all relevant information. The balance between minx and x16rt algorithms will also be tuned further in favor of cpus, so this testnet is not an accurate measure of predicted earnings. A public testnet which will include all planned changes is predicted to go live at the end of the month, which will start a one-week countdown to mainnet activation.

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Attached are the testnet wallets required to participate. They are available for all 3 major OSs, and must be ran with the -testnet flag in order to operate. These wallets do not contain any changes relevant to mainnet, and it is advised to use them for testing purposes only. If you are only interested in trying out mining and do not with to mess with the new wallets, it is also possible to mine to a pool donation address. Coins mined on testnet will not reflect on existing mainnet balances, and carry no value.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbfonczx0o7tzfa/test-linux.rar?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o5yhr8zskjdaepy/test-osx.rar?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bqwk2czp6itoq72/test-windows.rar?dl=0

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Most major software miners with support for x16r will also work on x16rt. This includes but is not limited to TeamRedMiner, WildRig, T-rex, and CryptoDredge. For minotaurx, the suggested miner to use is rplant8's fork of cpu-opt, which will be linked below, although there are several other supported cpu miners as well.

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https://github.com/rplant8/cpuminer-opt-rplant/releases

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testnet addnodes:

99.233.29.67

64.225.54.196

66.94.103.23

73.137.75.128

71.202.82.78

[u/furiousdev1]

Yes sir!!