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1f52b | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I believe it’s because people started testing runes on testnet, then started selling testnet runes and testnet-Bitcoin. So attacking the chain was a fairly effective but coarse way to stop that.

A testnet reset is being discussed on the mailing list (testnet4) but a reset has not happened for ages so opinions  are mixed so there’s not currently consensus on what exactly to do
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nobody | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 interestinggg, thank you very much for the context sir🫡
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1f52b | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 There is also signet, which is a different testnet that works more like Liquid where blocks aren’t mined by hashing, instead they’re just signed by a set of known keys. Mutinynet is another signet.

Arguably signet is better for testing Lightning as the blocks are more predictable and shenanigans like Lopp’s attack can’t happen - testnet is useful for testing anything that needs the chain to behave more like actual Bitcoin (mining software, ASICs, reorgs etc)
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nobody | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 was actually trying to check the difference the other day😂, really appreciate the explanations mate 💯