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diff --git a/src/protocol.h b/src/protocol.h index 6de5d05a72..1f23274299 100644 --- a/src/protocol.h +++ b/src/protocol.h @@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ class CMessageHeader enum { NODE_NETWORK = (1 << 0), + + // Bits 24-31 are reserved for temporary experiments. Just pick a bit that + // isn't getting used, or one not being used much, and notify the + // bitcoin-development mailing list. Remember that service bits are just + // unauthenticated advertisements, so your code must be robust against + // collisions and other cases where nodes may be advertising a service they + // do not actually support. Other service bits should be allocated via the + // BIP process. }; /** A CService with information about it as peer */ |