bitcore guesses the network from the address version in several places in
its code. They don't want to change that. Perhaps it wasn't the wisest
approach for them to use. I thought it might be simple to change the
address version since its still relatively new and it isn't a real network.
Would it be too much work to change?
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Mike Hearn <m...@plan99.net> wrote:
> Yes, bitcoinj supports and uses regtest mode. It would also have to be
> changed.
>
> You didn't provide a rationale for this. What's the cost of having them be
> the same?
>
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Warren Togami Jr. <wtog...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I propose changing all of the address versions in -regtest mode to be
>> unique so they are no longer identical to testnet.
>>
>> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_address_prefixes
>> For example, regtest pubkey hash addresses could begin with r or R.
>>
>> We need to know if any existing tools would need to be modified to
>> support this change to regtest. Do existing tools outside of pull tester
>> expect regtest to have testnet addresses? If the quantity of tools that
>> currently handle regtest is small then we can modify them to the new
>> address versions.
>>
>> Warren Togami
>>
>>
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