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| author | Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu32@gmail.com> | 2019-02-12 19:57:51 -0800 |
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| committer | Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu32@gmail.com> | 2019-02-12 19:57:51 -0800 |
| commit | 1330853c3e9e248d4003cd08ac192076b42c4521 (patch) | |
| tree | 6018d3b7db2097b5c910527edd8f93a8516f110a /bip-0158.mediawiki | |
| parent | dd3948b4742eaad13872a85691347dc77cce09f0 (diff) | |
BIP-0158: clarify OP_RETURN handling for filters
In this commit, we clarify how we handle `OP_RETURN` outputs for regular
filters. The prior language was a bit ambiguous, so we hope to make it
as explicit as possible.
Diffstat (limited to 'bip-0158.mediawiki')
| -rw-r--r-- | bip-0158.mediawiki | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bip-0158.mediawiki b/bip-0158.mediawiki index 535ffd9..a745995 100644 --- a/bip-0158.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0158.mediawiki @@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ following items for each transaction in a block: Any "nil" items MUST NOT be included into the final set of filter elements. -We exclude all <code>OP_RETURN</code> outputs in order to allow filters to -easily be committed to in the future via a soft-fork. A likely area for future -commitments is an additional <code>OP_RETURN</code> output in the coinbase -transaction similar to the current witness commitment +We exclude all outputs taht start with <code>OP_RETURN</code> in order to allow +filters to easily be committed to in the future via a soft-fork. A likely area +for future commitments is an additional <code>OP_RETURN</code> output in the +coinbase transaction similar to the current witness commitment <ref>https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawiki</rev>. By excluding all <code>OP_RETURN</code> outputs we avoid a circular dependency between the commitment, and the item being committed to. |