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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-06-24 15:43:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-06-24 15:45:14 +0200 |
| commit | eee398fa123ff677f24f2211e8d3012650530c32 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fd45688bc9d8c10555d3dab1db0cf49551759f8 | |
| parent | b62b4c873e18f26c0ba049a02b8cdf764e3d98ce (diff) | |
| parent | 18873373bde38a026f154c5878fedac6c2a04446 (diff) | |
Merge #10608: Add a comment explaining the use of MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE.
1887337 Add a comment explaining the use of MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE. (Gregory Maxwell)
Tree-SHA512: 4c643a3696241fbf4eac8d58bb26586f319338b28ee86d20394a8ea362911b467853eb40c43487ede753209a3c7bee2e576d2ca80627e9fc924fabefbcaea34b
| -rw-r--r-- | src/consensus/consensus.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/consensus/consensus.h b/src/consensus/consensus.h index 351911a3a4..58b2ed4b3e 100644 --- a/src/consensus/consensus.h +++ b/src/consensus/consensus.h @@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SERIALIZED_SIZE = 4000000; /** The maximum allowed weight for a block, see BIP 141 (network rule) */ static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT = 4000000; -/** The maximum allowed size for a block excluding witness data, in bytes (network rule) */ +/** + * The maximum allowed size for a block excluding witness data, in bytes (network rule). + * This parameter is largely superfluous because it is directly implied by the above block + * weight limit, even when BIP 141 is not active. It continues to exist for use in + * various early tests that run before the witness data has been checked. + * All tests related to it could be removed without breaking consensus compatibility. + */ static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE = 1000000; /** The maximum allowed number of signature check operations in a block (network rule) */ static const int64_t MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS_COST = 80000; |