CAIP-26: Blockchain Reference for the Tezos Namespace


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Status: SupersededStandardCreated: 2020-12-12
Authors
Stanly Johnson (@stanly-johnson)
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Simple Summary


This document is about the details of the Tezos namespaces and references for CAIP-2.

Abstract


In CAIP-2 a general blockchain identification scheme is defined. This is the implementation of CAIP-2 for Tezos.

Motivation


See CAIP-2.

Specification


Tezos Namespace

The namespace "tezos" refers to the Tezos open-source blockchain platform.

Reference Definition

The definition for this namespace will use the genesis-block-hash as an indentifier for different Tezos chains. The method for calculating the chain ID is as follows


Rationale


Blockchains in the "tezos" namespace are identified by their chain ID as mentioned in the Reference Definition Section.

Backwards Compatibility


Not applicable

Test Cases


This is a list of manually composed examples


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Copyright


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