From: "Michael Grønager" <gronager@ceptacle•com>
To: "Luke-Jr" <luke@dashjr•org>
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP-13
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:47:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9BF2FBEB-5F85-45A8-8343-0F160A28483B@ceptacle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202200918.38484.luke@dashjr.org>
>
>> The "version" portion of the address has so far been labeled "network id",
>> and indicates from which network and which chain the address can be used
>> for.
>
> Where do you see this? It has always been "version" as far as I am aware, and
> we discussed formalizing the details of the bits in it a few months back.
> In any case, it was certainly originally intended as "version" as can be
> observed in Satoshi's reference implementation.
See: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_Bitcoin_addresses
And the attached graphics - here it is defined as network byte and network id.
Anyway - can probably live with some bit level subdivision into network id and address class.
/M
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-20 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-20 11:17 Michael Grønager
2012-02-20 14:18 ` Luke-Jr
2012-02-20 15:47 ` Michael Grønager [this message]
2012-02-20 17:17 ` Gavin Andresen
2012-02-20 21:29 ` Michael Grønager
2012-02-22 16:29 ` Michael Grønager
2012-02-22 16:40 ` Gavin Andresen
2012-02-22 16:43 ` Luke-Jr
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