From efbcb70eb20a67cf2eab9540309afcd02556fb44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shaolinfry Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:24:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add backwards compatibility section --- bip-uaversionbits.mediawiki | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/bip-uaversionbits.mediawiki b/bip-uaversionbits.mediawiki index 2716b206..e54a42fd 100644 --- a/bip-uaversionbits.mediawiki +++ b/bip-uaversionbits.mediawiki @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ The state transition workflow is exactly the same as in [[bip-0009.mediawiki|BIP https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/compare/master...shaolinfry:bip-uaversionbits +==Backwards compatibility== + +If '''lockinontimeout''' boolean is set to false this BIP is compatible with nodes that implement BIP9. If '''lockinontimeout''' boolean is set to true, nodes that only implement BIP9 will not activate the soft fork if hashpower threshold is not reached by '''timeout''', however, those nodes will still accept the blocks generated by activated nodes. + ==Deployments== A living list of deployment proposals can be found [[bip-0009/assignments.mediawiki|here]].