From 17e158b3c3ccf05505cec60c7408a9968774d15f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Dashjr Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 18:58:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] BIP 8: Add a contrast section --- bip-0008.mediawiki | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/bip-0008.mediawiki b/bip-0008.mediawiki index 1409c63f..7be8bace 100644 --- a/bip-0008.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0008.mediawiki @@ -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== + +* The '''lockinontimeout''' flag is added. BIP 9 would only transition to the FAILED state when timeout was reached. + ==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.