Explaining Signet - The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado 10 - Bitcoin Magazine

Sjors and Aaron discuss Signet, a new type of testnet for Bitcoin that was merged into Bitcoin Core last week. They also discuss the original version of testnet and its problems, as well as alternative testing environment regtest.

Timestamps:
00:00-1:40 intro
1:41 - 3:16 Explaining the diff between testnet and the real Bitcoin network technically.
3:19 - 4:40 Aaron and Sjors explain whats wrong with testnet
8:06 - 10:13 Sjors explains how Signet solves some of the issues with test net.
13:33 - 14:43 The main benefits of signet.

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Music:
Song Title: Segwit Sounds
By: The NakamoTones
Album: Citadel Music
Produced by: Bitcoin Audio