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author | Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com> | 2011-07-08 11:25:07 +0200 |
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committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2011-07-08 09:25:21 +0000 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Version bytes
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But I do think the 111 is baggage we want to get rid of. Using +> >> the lsb as a simple flag is much cleaner. +> +> I agree it is cleaner, but I think breaking compatiblity with older address +> (even testnet) is not a good idea right now. It is important to build an +> image of stability and backward compatibility. +> +> So I vote for the XOR 111 hack :) + +It does have another advantage: it makes testnet codes visually (after base58 +encoding) different from realnet ones, which is probably the reason why the +relatively large number 111 was chosen. + +The only small change that can cause the first base58 character to remain equal, +is a modification to nVersion of less than 5 in absolute value. + +PS: +/- 111 is also possible, instead of XOR 111. + +-- +Pieter + + + |