[QUESTION] - where are the chainID settings?

[kf106]

I'm trying to use the Waves Keeper wallet for a custom (permissioned) clone of Waves. The custom options, although present in the code, don't appear to be visible in the interface.

Is it possible to override the chainID of 1 in the wallet anywhere? I can change the network byte for the mainnet from W to some other character in the code, but I can't see anywhere that I can specify that the first byte of the public address key should be something other than 0x01.

[msmolyakov]

If you run a node of custom Waves blockchain, then you just need to set the Custom profile and specify URL to your node API. For example, http://localhost:6869

Chaid ID will be extracted from the node API automatically.

[kf106]

Thanks for the rapid response. I'll give it a try.

[kf106]

Nope, on adding the custom node and entering a seed phrase, the address generated still starts with 3. I guess there's a possibility the API isn't returning the correct chainId, but as the Java wallet works fine I suspect this isn't the case. Is it possible to introduce a hard override for the chainId?

[kf106]

I can see how the network byte is obtained in waves.ts:

export function networkByteFromAddress(address: string): string {
  return String.fromCharCode(libs.crypto.base58Decode(address)[1]);
}

But I'm looking for the chain ID, which is libs.crypto.base58Decode(address)[0]

In the node code it's here: Address.scala: val AddressVersion: Byte = 1

[msmolyakov]

Chain ID is exactly at index [1]. The byte at index [0] is a type of recipient: 1 is address and 2 is alias

[kf106]

Now I get it. So that's why it's called Address version. Is it possible to specify different custom versions, e.g. 3 or 4 for special kinds of addresses?

[msmolyakov]

The Waves blockchain has only these two versions. If you are developing your custom network, then you are free to do whatever you want in it.

[kf106]

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions - I very much appreciate it. You've pointed me in the right direction and saved me a lot of time.