Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 841C21038 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 22:59:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com (mail-wi0-f171.google.com [209.85.212.171]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D45CD10D for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 22:59:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicmc4 with SMTP id mc4so48264545wic.0 for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:59:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=8LrxpXpIq1utMhf1ub54j5NgIgHJKtzgiwmtZC0mUZ0=; b=V1sTYi2pP+gxKI93wY/dOaMc8DyAOzSR6uFqmpPrckXfcRoe0TRKNFHVuRVFxnY1hj /t0IHcbhBhu4ZFrVmBKYjJOBqDpnXjWhm+7UZ9+pIRM2xcyhveR+o0QcRzbM6YWyw+ZP OlUYxXxB14flJa0O2VafR9NVRFVVUQJauRuxSJvn+sBYLJJuJTOUMewfdnOuZccqxYV8 VoEB7df84op6VLcXg0fMR35qb4NGHBEbGqNT0+nEN6bGQ4wxmVVNhPoihMVTuiRSOaco 8RumucntLZRMA/zcl8mZINOxYwrwd/1GmXw3jmpAZ7nydeYnfNoqoiv6cSsVe2jutTwP evdQ== X-Received: by 10.180.20.210 with SMTP id p18mr513880wie.6.1441148396555; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:59:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.211.16 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 15:59:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <2509151.XgrrNGsCxR@crushinator> From: Btc Drak Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:59:36 +0100 Message-ID: To: Danny Thorpe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, HK_RANDOM_ENVFROM, HK_RANDOM_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] RFC - BIP: URI scheme for Blockchain exploration X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 22:59:58 -0000 On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Danny Thorpe via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Rather than using an inhumanly long hex string from the genesis hash to > distinguish between mainnet and testnet, why not use the network magic bytes > instead? Much shorter, just as distinct. There's nothing stopping two coins having the same magic bytes, but communicating on separate ports. > I'd still prefer a common network name mapping for the sake of humanity. Few > bitcoin library implementations use the same string names for mainnet and > testnet. This BIP could simply define one string name alias for each > supported network and leave mapping to local lingo to the implementors. The only sane way to me see to have cointype like BIP44. See https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki#coin-type