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BIP 8: Add a contrast section

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@ -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 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== ==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. 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.