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CAIP-23: Blockchain Reference for Filecoin Namespace

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Simple SummaryAbstractMotivationSpecificationFilecoin NamespaceReference DefinitionRationaleBackwards CompatibilityTest CasesLinksCopyright

Simple Summary

This document is about the details of the Filecoin network namespace and reference for CAIP-2.

Abstract

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

Motivation

See CAIP-2.

Specification

Filecoin Namespace

The namespace "fil" refers to the wider Filecoin ecosystem.

Reference Definition

The reference relies on Filecoin's current designation of addresses belonging to test or main networks by prefixing them with t or f correspondingly.

Reference could only be populated with f or t symbols.

Rationale

Blockchains in the "filecoin" namespace are Filecoin blockchains, i.e. Filecoin mainnet, Filecoin testnet, and few devnets.

Backwards Compatibility

Not applicable

Test Cases

This is a list of manually composed examples

# Testnet and Devnets
fil:t

# Mainnet
fil:f

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