Copy the parameters for mainnet because they seem to have worked fine
for Taproot and are therefore a good starting point for Simplicity.
Copy them for regtest so that we can also copy the functional test for
activation, without needing to change a whole bunch of numbers.
This commit effectively moves the definition of these constants
out of the chainparamsbase to their own file.
Using the ChainType enums provides better type safety compared to
passing around strings.
The commit is part of an ongoing effort to decouple the libbitcoinkernel
library from the ArgsManager and other functionality that should not be
part of the kernel library.
This is an extraction of ArgsManager related functions from util/system
into their own common file.
Config file related functions are moved to common/config.cpp.
The background of this commit is an ongoing effort to decouple the
libbitcoinkernel library from the ArgsManager. The ArgsManager belongs
into the common library, since the kernel library should not depend on
it. See doc/design/libraries.md for more information on this rationale.
We comment out a newly-added assert from the Bitcoin
side, because it's unclear how to replicate it
correctly in Elements.
Co-authored-by: Glenn Willen <gwillen@nerdnet.org>
Moves chainparams code not using the ArgsManager to the kernel.
Subsequently use the kernel chainparams header now where possible in
order to further decouple chainparams call sites from gArgs.
This normalizes the behavior of initializing Main/Test/Sig/Reg
chainparams with RegTest/SigNet chainparams. These factory functions can
also easily be used from a context without an instantiated ArgsManager,
e.g. from libbitcoin kernel code, unlike the existing CreateChainParams
method.
RegTest chain params can now be initialized by configuring a
RegTestOptions struct, or with ArgsManager. This offers an interface for
creating RegTestChainParams without a gArgs object.
SigNet chain params can now be initialized by configuring a
SigNetOptions struct, or with ArgsManager. This offers an interface for
creating SigNetChainParams without a gArgs object.
