P2P - Special tx payload size clarification

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@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ flexibility to expand beyond the financial uses of classical transactions. DIP2
transactions modified classical transactions by:
1. Splitting the 32 bit `version` field into two 16 bit fields (`version` and `type`)
2. Adding support for a generic extra payload following the `lock_time` field
2. Adding support for a generic extra payload following the `lock_time` field. The
maximum allowed size for a transaction version 3 extra payload is 10000 bytes
(`MAX_TX_EXTRA_PAYLOAD`).
Classical (financial) transactions have a `type` of 0 while special transactions
have a `type` defined in the DIP describing them. A list of current special