From 5de1e3f9d580ea89c62d3a92c9f3127b9e3d4d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Sanders <gsanders87@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 07:45:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Disallow issuance calls in bitcoin mode

---
 src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index c72f8db36a..f5bac054db 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -5850,6 +5850,10 @@ UniValue issueasset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     auto locked_chain = pwallet->chain().lock();
     LOCK(pwallet->cs_wallet);
 
+    if (!g_con_elementsmode) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Issuance can only be done on elements-style chains. Note: `-regtest` is Bitcoin's regtest mode, instead try `-chain=<custom chain name>`");
+    }
+
     CAmount nAmount = AmountFromValue(request.params[0]);
     CAmount nTokens = AmountFromValue(request.params[1]);
     if (nAmount == 0 && nTokens == 0) {
@@ -5938,6 +5942,10 @@ UniValue reissueasset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     auto locked_chain = pwallet->chain().lock();
     LOCK(pwallet->cs_wallet);
 
+    if (!g_con_elementsmode) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Issuance can only be done on elements-style chains. Note: `-regtest` is Bitcoin's regtest mode, instead try `-chain=<custom chain name>`");
+    }
+
     std::string assetstr = request.params[0].get_str();
     CAsset asset = GetAssetFromString(assetstr);