Bitcoin Networks¶

Technical details about Bitcoin network support in Vigil.

Supported Networks¶

Mainnet¶

Production Bitcoin network.

Property	Value
Chain ID	Main
Magic Bytes	`0xD9B4BEF9`
Default Port	8333
Genesis Block	`000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f`

Address Prefixes: - P2PKH: 1 - P2SH: 3 - Bech32: bc1

Testnet¶

Test network for development.

Property	Value
Chain ID	Test
Magic Bytes	`0x0709110B`
Default Port	18333

Address Prefixes: - P2PKH: m or n - P2SH: 2 - Bech32: tb1

Signet¶

Controlled test network with predictable block production.

Property	Value
Chain ID	Signet
Default Port	38333
Block Time	~10 minutes (controlled)

Address Prefixes: - Same as testnet (tb1, 2, m/n)

Network Detection¶

Vigil automatically detects network from:

Extended Public Keys¶

xpub... → Mainnet
tpub... → Testnet/Signet
ypub... → Mainnet (P2SH-wrapped)
upub... → Testnet (P2SH-wrapped)
zpub... → Mainnet (Native SegWit)
vpub... → Testnet (Native SegWit)

Addresses¶

1xxx... → Mainnet P2PKH
3xxx... → Mainnet P2SH
bc1q... → Mainnet Bech32 (SegWit)
bc1p... → Mainnet Bech32m (Taproot)

mxxx/nxxx... → Testnet P2PKH
2xxx... → Testnet P2SH
tb1q... → Testnet/Signet Bech32
tb1p... → Testnet/Signet Bech32m

Block Explorers¶

Network	Explorer
Mainnet	mempool.space
Testnet	mempool.space/testnet
Signet	mempool.space/signet

Network-Specific Behavior¶

Confirmation Times¶

Network	Avg Block Time	Reliability
Mainnet	~10 minutes	High
Testnet	Variable (can be hours)	Low
Signet	~10 minutes	High (controlled)

Mempool Behavior¶

Mainnet: - Competitive fee market - Predictable propagation - High transaction volume

Testnet: - Often congested with spam - Unreliable confirmation times - Frequent reorgs