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| author | Luke-Jr <luke_github1@dashjr.org> | 2015-12-11 07:04:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Luke-Jr <luke_github1@dashjr.org> | 2015-12-11 07:04:11 +0000 |
| commit | 99effc1c709dd3e969b47c94117d716d6a942e1f (patch) | |
| tree | f7234da1890b1540806310a2eadea210586ef75f /bip-0065.mediawiki | |
| parent | 84779aa5c372b6b835500a8e2b8b2c9d0b81a5b9 (diff) | |
| parent | abc7ae83a0ae3f31e83bf7933bcf26ed4f6b529d (diff) | |
Merge pull request #254 from jl2012/patch-6
Full description of the behavior of OP_CLTV
Diffstat (limited to 'bip-0065.mediawiki')
| -rw-r--r-- | bip-0065.mediawiki | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bip-0065.mediawiki b/bip-0065.mediawiki index f5144eb..1bd0da8 100644 --- a/bip-0065.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0065.mediawiki @@ -16,11 +16,17 @@ some point in the future. ==Summary== -CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY redefines the existing NOP2 opcode. When executed it -compares the top item on the stack to the nLockTime field of the transaction -containing the scriptSig. If that top stack item is greater than the transaction's -nLockTime field the script fails immediately, otherwise script evaluation continues -as though a NOP was executed. +CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY redefines the existing NOP2 opcode. When executed, if +any of the following conditions are true, the script interpreter will terminate +with an error: + +* the stack is empty; or +* the top item on the stack is less than 0; or +* the lock-time type (height vs. timestamp) of the top stack item and the nLockTime field are not the same; or +* the top stack item is greater than the transaction's nLockTime field; or +* the nSequence field of the txin is 0xffffffff; + +Otherwise, script execution will continue as if a NOP had been executed. The nLockTime field in a transaction prevents the transaction from being mined until either a certain block height, or block time, has been reached. By |