Is the main network address version for zcash already known? Is it possible to generate a mainnet address already?
This could allow miners to start from minute 0 to mine on a anonymous pool. The addresses can exist without the network as they are just a cryptographic keypair.
I checked the chain params at the source repository.
It looks like t-type addressest-type addresses start with t1
, and multisig with t3
.
// guarantees the first 2 characters, when base58 encoded, are "t1"
base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = {0x1C,0xB8};
// guarantees the first 2 characters, when base58 encoded, are "t3"
base58Prefixes[SCRIPT_ADDRESS] = {0x1C,0xBD};
And from the protocol:
In Bitcoin a single byte is used for the version field identifying the address type. In Zcash two bytes are used. For addresses on the production network, this and the encoded length cause the first two characters of the Base58Check encoding to be fixed as “ t3 ” for P2SH addresses, and as “ t1 ” for P2PKH addresses. (This does not imply that a transparent Zcash address can be parsed identically to a Bitcoin address just by removing the “ t ”.)
But how to generate them? Never seen dual prefixes berfore. Also, what's the address version? My vanitygen is unable to cope.