From 0ea5ba232dd33836d9ce0a4b24690dd8a8c0f193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Lombrozo Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 19:14:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added motivation section text. --- bip-codeshark-segwit-peer-services.mediawiki | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bip-codeshark-segwit-peer-services.mediawiki b/bip-codeshark-segwit-peer-services.mediawiki index 37c5d17d..7e94b737 100644 --- a/bip-codeshark-segwit-peer-services.mediawiki +++ b/bip-codeshark-segwit-peer-services.mediawiki @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ ==Abstract== - This BIP defines new messages and serialization formats for propagation of transactions and blocks committing to segregated witness structures. ==Motivation== +In addition to defining witness structures and requiring commitments in future blocks (BIPxxxx - Consensus segwit BIP), new mechanisms must be defined to allow peers to advertise support for segregated witness and to relay the witness structures and request them from other peers without breaking compatibility with older nodes. ==Specification==