Ouch >_<
I messed up. Looks like the firewall is enabled by default. I opened port 33550 on both ends with
sudo /usr/sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 33550 -j ACCEPT
And got them to see each other:
{
"version" : "v1.1.0.0",
"protocolversion" : 60013,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"newmint" : 0.00000000,
"stake" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 0,
"timeoffset" : 0,
"moneysupply" : 0.00000000,
"connections" : 1,
"proxy" : "",
"ip" : "0.0.0.0",
"difficulty" : {
"proof-of-work" : 0.00001526,
"proof-of-stake" : 0.00001526
},
"testnet" : true,
"keypoololdest" : 1429042310,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00001000,
"mininput" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
Glad to hear it is conmecting now.
How does it proceed now? Does one of the clients have to "mine" the genesis block to get the testnet blockchain started? Without this, there won't be a new block on the network right?
It lookse like you have both PoS ans PoW. AFAIK to go further, you will have to make a transaction and that's how new block is found and new coins are minted. I am not very familar with PoS but I think keeping the wallet open after sending transaction can mint nee coins or you can mine with your CPU/GPU.
Let's say it works like above, what happens when I shut down both clients? Does that block chain simply dies or does it "resume" as soon as 1 or more clients are connected to each other?
Will resume AFAIK.
IMHO you could announce in altcoins amd tell them this is for educational purpose. You may get more miners and peers.