# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-07-15 01:40:23
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=363.msg3043#msg3043

Very good point about the genesis block. @p{par}

Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure HOW to generate a valid genesis block; I can tweak the data but need to generate a valid block hash... hmm, I see some time in gdb in my near future... @p{par}

RE: changing the protocol version:  Good Idea, too.  Every wire protocol message starts with the bytes '{ 0xf9, 0xbe, 0xb4, 0xd9 }', I'll tweak that in the TEST code so TEST and production clients can't talk to each other even if they manage to get connected. @p{brk}