Merge pull request #1610 from achow101/new-glossary-terms

New glossary terms
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Will Binns 2017-05-25 18:47:00 -06:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The `listbanned` RPC {{summary_listBanned}}
- n: "→ →<br>`ban_reason`"
t: "string"
p: "Required<br>(exactly 1)"
d: "Set to one of the following reasons:<br>`node misbehaving` if the node was banned by the client because of DoS violations<br>`manually added` if the node was manually banned by the user"
d: "Set to one of the following reasons:<br>`node<!--noref--> misbehaving` if the node was banned by the client because of DoS violations<br>`manually added` if the node was manually banned by the user"
{% enditemplate %}
@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ Result:
* [SetBan][rpc setban]: {{summary_setBan}}
* [ClearBanned][rpc clearbanned]: {{summary_clearBanned}}
{% endautocrossref %}
{% endautocrossref %}

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@ -317,6 +317,22 @@ a hard or soft fork. For example, "increasing the block size above 1 MB
requires a hard fork." In this example, an actual block chain fork is
not required---but it is a possible outcome.
Consensus rule changes may be activated in various ways. During Bitcoin's
first two years, Satoshi Nakamoto performed several soft forks by just
releasing the backwards-compatible change in a client that began immediately
enforcing the new rule. Multiple soft forks such as BIP30 have
been activated via a flag day where the new rule began to be enforced at a
preset time or block height. Such forks activated via a flag day are known as
[User Activated Soft Forks][/en/glossary/uasf]{:#term-uasf}{:.term} (UASF) as
they are dependent on having sufficient users (nodes) to enforce the new rules
after the flag day.
Later soft forks waited for a majority of of hash rate (typically 75% or 95%)
to signal their readiness for enforcing the new consensus rules. Once the signalling
threshold has been passed, all nodes will begin enforcing the new rules. Such
forks are known as [Miner Activated Soft Forks][/en/glossary/masf]{:#term-masf}{:.term} (MASF)
as they are dependent on miners for activation.
**Resources:** [BIP16][], [BIP30][], and [BIP34][] were implemented as
changes which might have lead to soft forks. [BIP50][] describes both an
accidental hard fork, resolved by temporary downgrading the capabilities

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@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
{% autocrossref %}
The Bitcoin network protocol allows full nodes
([peers][peer]{:#term-peer}{:.term}) to collaboratively maintain a
(peers) to collaboratively maintain a
[peer-to-peer network][network]{:#term-network}{:.term} for block and
transaction exchange. Many SPV clients also use this protocol to connect
to full nodes.
transaction exchange. Full nodes download and verify every block and transaction
prior to relaying them to other nodes. Archival nodes are full nodes which
store the entire blockchain and can serve historical blocks to other nodes.
Pruned nodes are full nodes which do not store the entire blockchain. Many SPV
clients also use the Bitcoin network protocol to connect to full nodes.
Consensus rules do not cover networking, so Bitcoin programs may use
alternative networks and protocols, such as the [high-speed block relay

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@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
[PaymentDetails]: /en/developer-examples#term-paymentdetails "The PaymentDetails of the payment protocol which allows the receiver to specify the payment details to the spender"
[PaymentRequest]: /en/developer-examples#term-paymentrequest "The PaymentRequest of the payment protocol which contains and allows signing of the PaymentDetails"
[PaymentRequests]: /en/developer-examples#term-paymentrequest "The PaymentRequest of the payment protocol which contains and allows signing of the PaymentDetails"
[peer]: /en/developer-guide#term-peer "Peer on the P2P network who receives and broadcasts transactions and blocks"
[peers]: /en/developer-guide#term-peer "Peers on the P2P network who receive and broadcast transactions and blocks"
[PKI]: /en/developer-examples#term-pki "Public Key Infrastructure; usually meant to indicate the X.509 certificate system used for HTTP Secure (https)."
[point function]: /en/developer-guide#term-point-function "The ECDSA function used to create a public key from a private key"
[pp amount]: /en/developer-examples#term-pp-amount "Part of the Output part of the PaymentDetails part of a payment protocol where receivers can specify the amount of satoshis they want paid to a particular pubkey script"