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| author | Luke-Jr <luke_github1@dashjr.org> | 2016-03-01 00:25:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Luke-Jr <luke_github1@dashjr.org> | 2016-03-01 00:25:30 +0000 |
| commit | 2b27bb5d27586f6f17f5c61cf8b7a6ad5a4588f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b26b7c103a458d4705b3228512a6e6549569ddb /bip-0009.mediawiki | |
| parent | 24f705f8606f64224af4ba10445583e7c3f19f63 (diff) | |
| parent | 94820a96b5cefc06c1bb05493a111c47faf778b9 (diff) | |
| download | bips-2b27bb5d27586f6f17f5c61cf8b7a6ad5a4588f6.tar.xz | |
Merge pull request #219 from CodeShark/BIP0009_revisions
Added clarifications to BIP0009.
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diff --git a/bip-0009.mediawiki b/bip-0009.mediawiki index 78298f0..ff91ffd 100644 --- a/bip-0009.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0009.mediawiki @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ In addition, BIP 34 made the integer comparison (nVersion >= 2) a consensus rule ==Specification== +Each soft fork deployment is specified by the following parameters (further elaborated below): + +# The '''bit''' determines which bit in the nVersion field of the block is to be used to signal the soft fork lock-in and activation. +# The '''threshold''' specifies how many blocks within a single retarget period (2016 blocks) must have the bit set before we lock in the deployment. +# The '''timeout''' specifies a time at which the deployment is considered failed. If the median time of a block >= timeout and the soft fork has not yet locked in (including this block's bit state), the deployment is considered failed on all descendants of the block. + ===Mechanism=== '''Bit flags''' |