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@@ -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==
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+* The '''lockinontimeout''' flag is added. BIP 9 would only transition to the FAILED state when timeout was reached.
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==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.