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| author | Luke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org> | 2017-06-24 18:58:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Luke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org> | 2017-06-25 06:32:06 +0000 |
| commit | 17e158b3c3ccf05505cec60c7408a9968774d15f (patch) | |
| tree | 7d3ba14dd2c7ec772193444c013295f1c7c432db /bip-0008.mediawiki | |
| parent | 750f5e59f6fe57f4b3c40c18df92d87aded4b9db (diff) | |
BIP 8: Add a contrast section
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diff --git a/bip-0008.mediawiki b/bip-0008.mediawiki index 1409c63..7be8bac 100644 --- a/bip-0008.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0008.mediawiki @@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ BIP 8 is compatible with and reuses the GBT changes from BIP 9. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/compare/master...shaolinfry:bip-uaversionbits +==Contrasted with BIP 9== + +* The '''lockinontimeout''' flag is added. BIP 9 would only transition to the FAILED state when timeout was reached. + ==Backwards compatibility== BIP8 and BIP9 deployments should not share concurrent active deployment bits. Nodes that only implement BIP9 will not activate a BIP8 soft fork if hashpower threshold is not reached by '''timeout''', however, those nodes will still accept the blocks generated by activated nodes. |