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Constants and Defaults#
The following constants and defaults are taken from Dimecoin Core’s chainparams.cpp source code file.
Network |
Default Port |
Magic Value |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Mainnet |
11931 |
0xdd03a5fe |
0xfea503dd |
Testnet |
21931 |
0x39309278 |
0x78923039 |
Regtest |
31931 |
0x39923078 |
0x78309239 |
Note
The testnet start string above are for testnet3; the original testnet used a different string with less difficult nBits.
Command line parameters can change what port a node listens on (see -help). Start strings are hardcoded constants that appear at the start of all messages sent on the Dimecoin network; they may also appear in data files such as Dimecoin Core’s block database. The Magic Value and nBits displayed above are in big-endian order; they’re sent over the network in little-endian order. The Start String is simply the endian reversed Magic Value.
Dimecoin Core’s chainparams.cpp also includes other constants useful to programs, such as the hash of the genesis block blocks for the different networks.