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From: "Jorge Timón" <jtimon@jtimon.cc>
To: Mike Hearn <hearn@vinumeris.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Alternative chain support for payment protocol
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:06:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABm2gDr1=ezS_BdCe8YZVwhC6U31aVP7nTHrieD3ELnD+=h5WA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+w+GKTMAi7xXo9r6PZ=N2UQ5A8zPRUw4=FsYwOV3wFn+ND3Fg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Mike Hearn <hearn@vinumeris.com> wrote:
> We're not modifying BIP 70, it's now immutable and can only be extended.

Well, yes, I guess it's modifying that in the extension BIP.

> There's really not much point in having a dedicated chain ID for regtest
> mode. You shouldn't be finding BIP70 requests for regtest outside of your
> own developer machine, where the id doesn't matter.

The point is not having exceptions and treating all supported chains
in the same way in the code.
Having a special case for regtest makes the code more complex, not simpler.


  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-10 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-09 14:12 [bitcoin-dev] Alternative chain support for payment protocol Ross Nicoll
2015-08-09 14:29 ` Mike Hearn
2015-08-09 16:23   ` Ross Nicoll
     [not found]     ` <CADv+LCxF5MoSFcCiqXnXXsfE5KvJmL0RQ4pOhmM-5eb2TH-ncg@mail.gmail.com>
2015-08-09 18:42       ` John L. Jegutanis
2015-08-10 12:45         ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-10 12:53           ` Mike Hearn
2015-08-10 13:06             ` Jorge Timón [this message]
2015-08-10 15:38         ` odinn
2015-08-09 16:02 ` Mark Friedenbach
     [not found] ` <201508092346.20301.luke@dashjr.org>
     [not found]   ` <55C8EE2A.3030309@jrn.me.uk>
2015-08-10 18:40     ` Luke Dashjr
2015-08-10 19:19       ` Ross Nicoll
2015-08-10 19:49         ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-10 19:44       ` Jorge Timón

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