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# Networks
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2014-11-24 06:08:02 -08:00
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Bitcore provides support for both the main bitcoin network as well as for
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`testnet3`, the current test blockchain. We encourage the use of
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`Networks.livenet` and `Networks.testnet` as constants. Note that the library
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sometimes may check for equality against this object. Avoid creating a deep
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copy of this object and using that.
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## Setting the default network
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Most project will only need to work in one of either networks. The value of
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`Networks.defaultNetwork` can be set to `Networks.testnet` if the project will
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needs only to work on testnet (the default is `Networks.livenet`).
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## Network constants
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The functionality of testnet and livenet is mostly similar (except for some
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relaxed block validation rules on testnet). They differ in the constants being
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used for human representation of base58 encoded strings. These are sometimes
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referred to as "version" constants.
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## Source
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TODO: Include source here
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