Could DecodeAddress be used with other bitcoin like chains?

[andrewshvv]

Hey, thanks for the library!

I have a questions: Have the DecodeAddress function were designed to be used with other bitcoin-like chains also? If so, it seems like at this moment it couldn't be used like this because of:

address.go, 190: case ripemd160.Size: // P2PKH or P2SH
address.go, 191:    isP2PKH := chaincfg.IsPubKeyHashAddrID(netID)
address.go, 192:    isP2SH := chaincfg.IsScriptHashAddrID(netID)
address.go, 193:    switch hash160 := decoded; 

chaincfg.IsPubKeyHashAddrID function uses pubKeyHashAddrIDs map which is initialised with default main bitcoin net parameters, rather than defaultNet DecodeAddress field.

[stevenroose]

You can use the chaincfg.Register method to register your own chaincfg.Params instances. It is true that the default ones for Bitcoin are registered automatically in the init() function, though.

[andrewshvv]

@stevenroose ooh god, your right Register... 😛 Thanks