CIP16 - Pluggable Chains

CIP: 16
Title: Pluggable Chains
Authors: John Villar (@chiguireitor)
Status: Pre-Draft
Type: Standards Track
Created: 2017-09-13

Abstract:

Enables Counterparty to add additional chains to the consensus algorithm without breaking compatibility with other chains, effectively making Counterparty a multichain protocol, furthening its chain agnosticity.

DISCUSS

So - this is actually interesting and useful.

Declaring an interest… I’d be open to executing token transactions on the Bitcoin Cash chain (yes in spite of the vilification and mixed reaction to it’s very existence more broadly).

What issues might need to be overcome and what reference implementation code might be looked at for this?