dash-docs/en/glossary/malleability.html
2018-01-25 14:49:26 +00:00

261 lines
7.4 KiB
HTML
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://www.dash.org/assets/img/graphics/dash_circle_normal.png" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<title>Transaction Malleability, Mutability - Dash Glossary</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/font-awesome-4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/main.css">
<!--[if lt IE 8]><link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/ie.css"><script type="text/javascript" src="/js/ie.js"></script><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]><link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/ie8.css"><![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/base.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/main.js"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery/jquery.qrcode.min.js"></script>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/img/icons/logo_dash_circle_normal.png"/>
<!-- Turn off cookie/analytic stuff
<script>
window.cookieconsent_options = {
theme: 'light-floating'
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/cookieconsent/cookieconsent.js"></script>
<script>
if( navigator.doNotTrack != "yes" && navigator.doNotTrack != "1" && window.doNotTrack != "1" && navigator.msDoNotTrack != "1" ){
var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = '/js/analytics.js'
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script);
}
</script>
-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="detectmobile" class="detectmobile"></div>
<div class="head"><div>
<ul class="lang">
<li><a>English</a>
<ul>
<li><ul>
<li><a href="/en/" class="active">English</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<a id="menumobile" class="menumobile" onclick="mobileMenuShow(event);" ontouchstart="mobileMenuShow(event);"></a>
<a class="logo" href="/en/"><img src="/img/icons/logotop.svg" alt="Dash"></a>
<div id="langselect" class="langselect"><select onchange="window.location=this.value;">
<option value="/en/" selected="selected">English</option>
</select></div>
<ul id="menusimple" class="menusimple menumain" onclick="mobileMenuHover(event);" ontouchstart="mobileMenuHover(event);">
<li><a href="/en/bitcoin-for-developers">Developers</a></li>
<!--<li><a href="/en/developer-documentation">Documentation</a></li>-->
<li><a>Documentation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="/en/developer-guide">Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/developer-reference">Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/developer-examples">Examples</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/developer-glossary">Glossary</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/doxygen/html/index.html">Source Code</a></li>
<!--
<li><a href="/en/getting-started">Getting started</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/how-it-works">How it works</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/you-need-to-know">You need to know</a></li>
-->
</ul>
</li>
<li><a>Resources</a>
<ul>
<li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.dash.org/community/">Community</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/vocabulary">Vocabulary</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<!-- <li><a href="/en/innovation">Innovation</a></li> -->
</ul>
</div></div>
<div class="body">
<div class="breadcrumbs">
<a href="/en/">Developer Documentation</a>
&gt;
<a href="/en/developer-glossary">Glossary</a>
&gt;
Transaction malleability
</div>
<div id="content" class="content">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/jquery-ui.min.css">
<div class="subhead-links sourcefile" data-sourcefile="_data/glossary/en/malleability.yaml"
><a href="https://github.com/dash-docs/dash-docs/edit/master/_data/glossary/en/malleability.yaml">Edit</a>
| <a href="https://github.com/dash-docs/dash-docs/commits/master/_data/glossary/en/malleability.yaml">History</a>
| <a href="https://github.com/dash-docs/dash-docs/issues/new?body=Source%20File%3A%20_data/glossary/en/malleability.yaml%0A%0A">Report Issue</a>
| <a href="https://www.dash.org/forum/">Discuss</a></div>
<br>
<h1 id="transaction-malleability-mutability">Transaction Malleability, Mutability</h1>
<p><input id="glossary_term" class="glossary_term" placeholder="Search the glossary, RPCs, and more" /></p>
<div class="notice">
<p><span>This definition comes from the <a href="/en/developer-glossary">technical glossary</a>.</span></p>
</div>
<h2 id="definition">Definition</h2>
<p>The ability of someone to change (<a href="/en/glossary/malleability" title="The ability of someone to change (mutate) unconfirmed transactions without making them invalid, which changes the transaction's txid, making child transactions invalid." class="auto-link">mutate</a>) <a href="/en/glossary/confirmation-score" title="A score indicating the number of blocks on the best block chain that would need to be modified to remove or modify a particular transaction. A confirmed transaction has a confirmation score of one or higher." class="auto-link">unconfirmed transactions</a> without making them invalid, which changes the transactions <a href="/en/glossary/txid" title="An identifier used to uniquely identify a particular transaction; specifically, the sha256d hash of the transaction." class="auto-link">txid</a>, making child transactions invalid.</p>
<h3 id="synonyms">Synonyms</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Transaction malleability</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Transaction mutability</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="not-to-be-confused-with">Not To Be Confused With</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0062.mediawiki" class="auto-link">BIP62</a> (a proposal for an optional new transaction version that reduces the set of known mutations for common transactions)</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="links">Links</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="/en/developer-guide#transaction-malleability">Transaction malleability</a> — Developer Guide</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_Malleability">Transaction malleability</a> — Bitcoin Wiki</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0062.mediawiki">BIP62: dealing with malleability</a> — Bitcoin Improvement Proposals</p>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- Inventory Messages -->
<!-- Inventory Messages: Dash Specific -->
<!--[bitcoin-documentation mailing list]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bitcoin-documentation-->
</div>
<div class="footer">
<div class="footersponsor">
<!--<div><span>A community website sponsored by</span> <a href="https://bitcoinfoundation.org/"><img src="/img/brand/bitcoinfoundation.png" alt="Bitcoin Foundation"></a></div>-->
</div>
<div class="footerlicense">© Bitcoin Project 2009-2018 Released under the <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" target="_blank">MIT license</a>
<br>© Dash Project 2017-2018 Released under the <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" target="_blank">MIT license</a></div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
fallbackSVG();
addAnchorLinks();
trackOutgoingLinks();
</script>
<script src="/js/jquery/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/devsearch.js"></script>
</body>
</html>