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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''' |