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From: John Smith <witchspace81@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Thomas <moon@justmoon.de>
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Version bytes
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:18:19 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJNQ0su6MVJ7cz2uQ4ftGPykvYxWH7J7rk5Q0Us6JWM6zoW02Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJNQ0st3ygLHPtq8fa9ceivSC1DQ38Hv+AQRiaXw=aL2Jze33Q@mail.gmail.com>

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Sorry, that last message got broken off.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Stefan Thomas <moon@justmoon.de> wrote:
>
>> Hey Pieter,
>>
>> > Otherwise, we could reset testnet (not actually reset, just
>> > change its addresses a bit), and simply state odd=testnet, even=realnet.
>>
>> We could use the XOR hack for now and remove it the next time we reset
>> testnet. 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 :)

JS

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-08  8:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-07 11:15 [Bitcoin-development] Version bytes Pieter Wuille
2011-07-07 19:40 ` Pieter Wuille
2011-07-08  6:36 ` Stefan Thomas
2011-07-08  8:16   ` John Smith
2011-07-08  8:18     ` John Smith [this message]
2011-07-08  9:25       ` Pieter Wuille

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