JUST A FYI,,,,

since the test net pool keeps having issues I have started cpu solo mining...(this got the block chain moving i think, as I am getting the 500 test net coins) I would advise others to do the same if you need test net to work on MN or other items:

SOLO MINING:

cat darkcoin.conf
testnet=1
addnode=23.23.186.131
daemon=1
server=1
gen=0
rpcport=9999
rpcuser=darkcoin
rpcpassword=password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1



./minerd -a X11 -o http://127.0.0.1:9999 -O darkcoin:password