Filecoin test network has stopped producing blocks, miners request to restart the test network

According to BlockBeats, the second phase of the Filecoin testnet was launched this morning, but after it went online, some miners took advantage of a bug to speed up the mining process, causing unfair mining. Currently, the testnet has stopped producing blocks, and the official website shows no data.

According to Lvdong, the bug existed before the launch but has not been fixed. Some miners have known about the bug before. Due to the unfair mining situation, some miners are protesting to the authorities and even asking them to restart the test network. The authorities have not yet issued an announcement to explain the matter.

According to miners’ analysis, since Filecoin’s computing power is dynamic, the ability of accumulated computing power lies in the ability to process stored data, and the most important and time-consuming step is the seal step. According to the official introduction, it takes about 6 hours to complete a round of work, but some miners took advantage of the bug to start the seal work before the main network was launched, shortening the time of the whole process by more than half, so the first work submission was completed in more than 2 hours.