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docs: improve readme on usage of ropsten's testnet datadir

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@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Specifying the `--goerli` flag, however, will reconfigure your `geth` instance a
test network, which uses different P2P bootnodes, different network IDs and genesis
states.
* Instead of using the default data directory (`~/.ethereum` on Linux for example), `geth`
will nest itself one level deeper into a `goerli/` subfolder (`~/.ethereum/goerli` on
will nest itself one level deeper into a `goerli` subfolder (`~/.ethereum/goerli` on
Linux). Note, on OSX and Linux this also means that attaching to a running testnet node
requires the use of a custom endpoint since `geth attach` will try to attach to a
production node endpoint by default, e.g.,
@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ $ geth --rinkeby console
### Full node on the Ropsten test network
In addition to Görli and Rinkeby, Go-Ethereum also supports the ancient Ropsten testnet.
The Ropsten test network is based on the Ethash proof-of-work consensus algorithm. As such,
In addition to Görli and Rinkeby, Geth also supports the ancient Ropsten testnet. The
Ropsten test network is based on the Ethash proof-of-work consensus algorithm. As such,
it has certain extra overhead and is more susceptible to reorganization attacks due to the
network's low difficulty/security.
@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ network's low difficulty/security.
$ geth --ropsten console
```
*Note: Older Geth configurations store the Ropsten database in the `testnet` subdirectory.*
### Configuration
As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the `geth` binary, you can also pass a