135 - Generalized version bits voting
BIP: 135 source Title: Generalized version bits voting Authors: Sancho Panza Status: Closed Type: Informational Assigned: 2017-03-29 License: CC0-1.0 OR FSFAP Discussion: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-April/013969.html https://bitco.in/forum/threads/bip9-generalized-version-bits-voting-bip-genvbvoting.1968/ Replaces: 9 Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationTerms and conventionsSpecificationBackward compatibilitySignaling bitsDeployment statesFork deployment parametersTallyingState transitionsNew consensus rulesOptional operator notificationsgetblocktemplate changesRationaleGuidelinesParameter selection guidelinesSignaling guidelinesSettings for BIP9 compatibilityDeploymentReference implementationReferencesCopyright Abstract BIP9 introduced a mechanism for using the version bits to signal support for backwards-compatible changes (soft-forks) using a tally over the previous 2016 blocks computed at re-targeting intervals. It pro...