rich1.0npub10plv6jx6pktpp5ezldnus6kj8ffg045g2kdjl78w23njrlveqy5s3pfaefhttps://nostr.ae/npub10plv6jx6pktpp5ezldnus6kj8ffg045g2kdjl78w23njrlveqy5s3pfaefnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2015-01-25 📝 Original message:That was essentially what we did in the end, we replaced the network identifier ("main"/"test") with the genesis block hash. The result is never going to accidentally work with Bitcoin Core (nor vice-versa), but is readily extensible to any other altcoins that want to use the specification without requiring any sort of central registry. Ross On 24/01/15 13:19, Isidor Zeuner wrote: >> For what it's worth, there was consideration of replacing protocol >> buffers when modifying BIP70 to function with the altcoin I work on >> (changes were required anyway in eliminate any risk that payment >> requests could not be accidentally applied to the wrong blockchain). > > Why not serialize some kind of blockchain identifier with the > messages? Arbitrarily deviating from a given design choice just for > the sake of doing it differently may serve the goal of creating more > overall code diversity, but would not necessarily serve the quality of > the blockchain network where it is done for. > > Best regards, > > Isidor