The term 'block cost' led to confusion about the unit that it is expressed in, in that it expressed monetary cost. Change it to a more general term 'block weight'.
This was discussed in the 2016-07-14 Bitcoin Core developer meeting.
bip141: Change 'block cost' to 'block weight' #420
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laanwj commented at 6:18 AM on July 18, 2016: member
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bip141: Change 'block cost' to 'block weight'
The term 'block cost' led to confusion about the unit that it is expressed in, in that it expressed monetary cost. Change it to a more general term 'block weight'. This was discussed in the [2016-07-14 Bitcoin Core developer meeting](http://www.erisian.com.au/meetbot/bitcoin-core-dev/2016/bitcoin-core-dev.2016-07-14-19.00.html).
- laanwj cross-referenced this on Jul 18, 2016 from issue mining: Rename `-blockmaxcost` to `-blockmaxweight` by laanwj
- laanwj closed this on Jul 18, 2016
- sdaftuar cross-referenced this on Jul 18, 2016 from issue Rename "block cost" to "block weight" by sdaftuar
- laanwj reopened this on Jul 19, 2016
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luke-jr commented at 5:57 PM on July 19, 2016: member
@CodeShark @jl2012 @sipa @laanwj Feel free to update BIP 145 here too?
- luke-jr added the label Proposed BIP modification on Jul 19, 2016
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sipa commented at 4:02 PM on July 21, 2016: member
ACK. Agree with the suggestion to also update BIP 145.
- luke-jr merged this on Jul 21, 2016
- luke-jr closed this on Jul 21, 2016
