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bitcoin: Replace Network types

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

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bitcoin: Replace Network types

With the introduction of bitcoin-network-kind, the network types can
all be removed from bitcoin in favour of re-exports from the network
crate.

Remove Network, NetworkKind, TestnetVersion and ParseNetworkError from
bitcoin::network, and re-export the types from bitcoin-network-kind.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine internal code reorganization. It removes the definitions of Bitcoin network types (like Mainnet, Testnet, Signet) from the main `bitcoin` crate and instead re-exports them from a new dedicated `bitcoin-network-kind` crate. It also adds fallback handling for any future testnet versions. There is no indication this fixes a security vulnerability.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as normal maintenance/refactoring commit. Reviewers may want to verify that the new `bitcoin-network-kind` crate preserves identical serialization and parsing behavior, and that the `Network::Testnet(_)` fallback is intentional and documented.

Security signals we found

01

No security-relevant signals present

02

Refactoring / crate split only

03

Adds wildcard fallback match arm for future TestnetVersion variants

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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