Suggestion of list of known Ethereum network ids

[fjrojasgarcia]

In order to offer to new programmers information grouped of currenty used Ethereum networks ids, I suggest the following list. Please add your corrections.

0: Olympic; Ethereum public pre-release testnet
1: Frontier; Homestead, Metropolis, the Ethereum public main network
1: Classic; The (un)forked public Ethereum Classic main network, chain ID 61
1: Expanse; An alternative Ethereum implementation, chain ID 2
2: Morden; The public Ethereum testnet, now Ethereum Classic testnet
3: Ropsten; The public cross-client Ethereum testnet
4: Rinkeby: The public Geth Ethereum testnet
42: Kovan; The public Parity Ethereum testnet
77: Sokol; The public POA testnet
99: POA; The public Proof of Authority Ethereum network
7762959: Musicoin; The music blockchain

[aantonop]

I agree this is useful

Where is the "network ID"? In the API? In a network message header?

Where would you add this information in the current sections?

[ChristopherGondek]

I suggest mentioning that Ropsten is PoW, Rinkeby and Kovan are PoA.
The network ID you have to specify when starting a node. E.g. option --networkid for Geth.

[fjrojasgarcia]

I think Andreas is refering at a protocol level.
There is a especial message called "Status" which send that data (network ID) between others.

I'm working deeper in this point and I hope to offer something more accurate and explanatory, surely in the form of PR.

[nicksavers]

The networkId is communicated during the initial Status-message in the ETH Wire protocol.

Also see EIP-155.

[aantonop]

Incorporated into the DevP2P section

[H34D]

i have started a structured list incl. access layer to support auto detection:

https://github.com/ethereum-navigator/atlas/blob/master/atlas.json