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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npub1ra…tgns2
2024-04-28 18:22:32
in reply to nevent1q…55hk
Author Public Key
npub1raftzmju5gq77twqxrumv5gnweew2t0p4v5upv8kku4vsz4j8jzq3tgns2Published at
2024-04-28 18:22:32Event JSON
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