PANews reported on May 6 that, according to Cointelegraph, Jameson Lopp, co-founder of Casa, a Bitcoin hosting company, said that due to factors such as "Block storms", Bitcoin Testnet occasionally generates more than 10,000 Block in a single day, which leads to the current Block Height of the Testnet network at 2,811,000, which is equivalent to the height of the Bitcoin Mainnet in 2061. As a result, the rewards for Miners on the Testnet have been reduced to near zero, making the network virtually unusable for developers.
In addition, Lopp said that the currently scarce Testnet network Bitcoin is being adopted by certain projects that want to take advantage of the scarcity of Token. "It's not uncommon for malicious actors to take advantage of people's innocence and sell them Testnet Bitcoin for Mainnet Bitcoin Exchange Rate," he said. He gave a recent example of a Bitcoin-based Layer2 network called SatoshiVM that has been using TBTC to distribute Airdrops to its holders as an example of a project that creates artificial value on the Testnet for its own purposes. He named several projects, including a DEX called MotoSwap and a brokerage called Buy Tesnet, both of which are selling Testnet Token to users. Lopp adds, "What is wanted is that every Wallet that supports Testnet should have a prominent disclaimer on the home screen stating that Testnet Token has no value. ”
Ultimately, Lopp concludes that the only way to ensure that testnets don't accumulate value is to "foster a culture of regular resets" and advises Bitcoin developers and users to migrate their infrastructure to "Testnet 4" in the coming months.