Re: [Bitcoin-development] Regtest Address Version Change Proposal

2014-05-13 Thread Mike Hearn
And they can't just do NetworkParams.TESTNET = NetworkParams.REGTEST at the start of a program that is connecting to regtest? It's not like changing the address code is a huge problem or anything, but it would disrupt a bunch of people and seems kind of annoying. Surely there's a simpler way t

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Regtest Address Version Change Proposal

2014-05-13 Thread Warren Togami Jr.
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

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Regtest Address Version Change Proposal

2014-05-13 Thread Mike Hearn
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. wrote: > Hi folks, > > I propose changing all of the address versions in -regt

[Bitcoin-development] Regtest Address Version Change Proposal

2014-05-13 Thread Warren Togami Jr.
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 n