Module bitcoin::network

Bitcoin network.

The term “network” is overloaded, here Network refers to the specific Bitcoin network we are operating on e.g., signet, regtest. The terms “network” and “chain” are often used interchangeably for this concept.

Example: encoding a network’s magic bytes

use bitcoin::Network;
use bitcoin::consensus::encode::serialize;

let network = Network::Bitcoin;
let bytes = serialize(&network.magic());

assert_eq!(&bytes[..], &[0xF9, 0xBE, 0xB4, 0xD9]);

Modules

• as_core_argserde
  Module for serialization/deserialization of network variants into/from Bitcoin Core values

Structs

• ParseNetworkError
  An error in parsing network string.
• UnknownChainHashError
  Error in parsing network from chain hash.

Enums

• Network
  The cryptocurrency network to act on.
• NetworkKind
  What kind of network we are on.