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    title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Bloom Filter

    summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
        A filter used primarily by SPV clients to request only matching
        transactions and merkle blocks from full nodes.

    synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Bloom filter

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    synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary:
        - Bloom filters

    not_to_be_confused_with_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Bloom filter (general computer science term, of which Bitcoin's bloom filters are a specific implementation)

    links_html_or_markdown_style_capitalize_first_letter:
        - "[Bloom filter](/en/developer-guide#bloom-filters) --- Bitcoin.org Developer Guide"
        - "[BIP37: Connection Bloom Filtering](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0037.mediawiki)--- Bitcoin Improvement Proposals"
        - "[Pull request that implemented bloom filters in Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1795) --- GitHub"
        - "[Discussion about bloom filtering and SPV clients](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=252937.0) --- BitcoinTalk"

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