Based on a suggestion made by @petertodd to the -devel mailing list and
the discussion in that thread by him and other participants.
* We've been using the term "consensus", but this commit introduces a
formal definition for it and "consensus rules" as part of the block
chain introduction.
* Describe that consensus rules may change and may happen when they
do: hard or soft forks.
* Describe how full nodes can detect hard or soft forks, then describe
how SPV clients can detect hard and soft forks using the more limited
information available to them.
* Replace previous TX Overview image with a simplified illustration.
The previous overview image was commented out in pull #566 / commit
6afc683. New image incorporates suggestions by @saivann (thanks!)
* Add new illustration showing the specifics of outputs and inputs (and
how they're related). This replaces most of the detail lost by using a
simplified overview image
* Add two short paragraphs briefly describing the ouput and input
features, leading into the existing detailed P2PKH description
This modifies commits provided by @petertodd to use the terms "pubkey
script" and "signature script" instead of other terms.
* Rename "scriptPubKey" and "output script" to "pubkey script"
(suggested by @luke-jr). We leave a token "scriptPubKey" at the point
where we define pubkey script so that searchers can find it.
* Rename "scriptSig" to "signature script" (suggested by @luke-jr). We
also leave a token "scriptSig" at this definition point.
* Rename "redeemScript" to "redeem script"
* Defined ECDSA on secp256k1 curve as the crypto used in the Transaction
section and added references to secp256k1 private/public keys and
signatures.
* Removed "The Parts Of A Transaction" illustration by commenting it out
in the HTML. Shoehorning the pubkey/signature script terms into this
image was becoming difficult, and I'm not very fond of that
illustration anyway. I'll see if I can think of a nicer replacement
illustration for some point in the future.
* Add a short paraphrased version @petertodd's description of scripts as
generalized crypto.
* Updated all the illustrations which referred to either pubkey scripts
or signature scripts to use these terms.
Greatly simplify layout
Increase visibility for "you need to know" and "secure your wallet" pages
Providing increased transparency about security and zero-trust model for each wallet
Encourage diversity and decentralization by
not recommending two single wallets anymore
rotating wallets daily by "zero-trust levels" (full nodes followed by SPV wallets followed by hybrid & multisig wallets followed by web wallets)
Display screenshots
Increase visibility for Bitcoin Core by
recommending it in other wallets' disclaimers as a full node and deterministic build app
making it always the first desktop wallet displayed
better promoting it as a good secure / zero-trust wallet
Prepare layout for hardware wallets
Prevent confusing duplicate listing
Allow layout to scale with increasing number of wallets
Fix layout issues with translations and hyphenation
Simplify the process of adding new wallets by storing information in a single location using a consistent format
Thanks @harding for reviews and feedback on the first draft
