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| author | Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com> | 2015-11-17 06:02:55 -0500 |
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| committer | Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com> | 2015-11-17 07:30:34 -0500 |
| commit | 64fda4ea054314a188899cfc6aef25ddd1ad3676 (patch) | |
| tree | 1562ce5d495c518247b695814319f710fc5b9280 /bip-0009.mediawiki | |
| parent | 989f276dcbdb0317dd795fe4a64a0c1416e1bb1c (diff) | |
| download | bips-64fda4ea054314a188899cfc6aef25ddd1ad3676.tar.xz | |
Added parameters for specification to BIP0009.
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diff --git a/bip-0009.mediawiki b/bip-0009.mediawiki index b160810..8cd71ae 100644 --- a/bip-0009.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0009.mediawiki @@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ 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 '''deploytime''' specifies a time at which the bit starts counting towards lock-in. +# 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''' |