diff --git a/bip-0065.mediawiki b/bip-0065.mediawiki index f5144ebe..1bd0da81 100644 --- a/bip-0065.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0065.mediawiki @@ -16,11 +16,17 @@ some point in the future. ==Summary== -CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY redefines the existing NOP2 opcode. When executed it -compares the top item on the stack to the nLockTime field of the transaction -containing the scriptSig. If that top stack item is greater than the transaction's -nLockTime field the script fails immediately, otherwise script evaluation continues -as though a NOP was executed. +CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY redefines the existing NOP2 opcode. When executed, if +any of the following conditions are true, the script interpreter will terminate +with an error: + +* the stack is empty; or +* the top item on the stack is less than 0; or +* the lock-time type (height vs. timestamp) of the top stack item and the nLockTime field are not the same; or +* the top stack item is greater than the transaction's nLockTime field; or +* the nSequence field of the txin is 0xffffffff; + +Otherwise, script execution will continue as if a NOP had been executed. The nLockTime field in a transaction prevents the transaction from being mined until either a certain block height, or block time, has been reached. By