Running Testnet

[Robert LeBlanc]

Since I'm not a Dash developer, I can't post in the development section, so I'm putting it here. Please feel free to move as appropriate.

I'm trying to run Dash on testnet so that I can do some development on some pool code. When I specify testnet, it isn't making any progress on downloading blocks or anything.

dash_testnet.conf
daemon=1
txindex=1
addressindex=1
timestampindex=1
spentindex=1
testnet=1
server=1
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=password
rpcport=19998

...
2017-11-22 05:33:33 CMasternodeSync:rocessTick -- nTick 1795 nRequestedMasternodeAssets 1 nRequestedMasternodeAttempt 0 nSyncProgress 0.000000
2017-11-22 05:33:39 CMasternodeSync:rocessTick -- nTick 1801 nRequestedMasternodeAssets 1 nRequestedMasternodeAttempt 0 nSyncProgress 0.000000
2017-11-22 05:33:42 connect() to 108.61.164.106:19999 failed after select(): Connection refused (111)
2017-11-22 05:33:45 CMasternodeSync:rocessTick -- nTick 1807 nRequestedMasternodeAssets 1 nRequestedMasternodeAttempt 0 nSyncProgress 0.000000
2017-11-22 05:33:51 CMasternodeSync:rocessTick -- nTick 1813 nRequestedMasternodeAssets 1 nRequestedMasternodeAttempt 0 nSyncProgress 0.000000
...

It has been going on like this for almost an hour. What do I need to do to get testnet running. I need to be able to generate some blocks and make sure they are correct and accepted, etc.

Thanks.

 

[UdjinM6]

Normally wallet should find testnet peers without any issues, but if there are some - try this:
- make sure you use latest binaries i.e. v0.12.2.1
- remove peers.dat and banlist.dat
- pick IP of any active testnet masternode here https://test.dashninja.pl/ and connect to it directly via "addnode 1.2.3.4:19999 onetry" (replace 1.2.3.4 with an actual IP)

 

[Robert LeBlanc]

Normally wallet should find testnet peers without any issues, but if there are some - try this:
- make sure you use latest binaries i.e. v0.12.2.1
- remove peers.dat and banlist.dat
- pick IP of any active testnet masternode here [link removed] and connect to it directly via "addnode 1.2.3.4:19999 onetry" (replace 1.2.3.4 with an actual IP)

Thanks for the point in the right direction. I'm now downloading the blockchain.