BIP to reserve nversion bits in blockheader #661

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   btcdrak commented at 6:42 pm on March 9, 2018: contributor
2. in bip-reservedbits.mediawiki:42 in df86271e9a outdated

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   38+This proposal is backwards compatible, and does not require a soft fork to implement.
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   40+==References==
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   42+  - [[bip-0008.mediawiki|BIP8]]
   

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   jonathancross commented at 5:22 am on March 10, 2018:

   Please format using a * at the beginning of the line so this list renders correctly in mediawiki markup. Eg. code should be:

   0* [[bip-0008.mediawiki|BIP8]]
   1* [[bip-0009.mediawiki|BIP9]]
   2* [https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.00575.pdf AsicBoost white paper]
   3* [https://github.com/BlockheaderNonce2/bitcoin/wiki nNonce2 proposal]
   4* [http://stratumprotocol.org/ Stratum protocol extension for version-rolling]
   

3. btcdrak force-pushed on Mar 10, 2018
4. jameshilliard cross-referenced this on Mar 22, 2018 from issue Reserve 16 bits of nversion in blockheader by btcdrak
5. btcdrak force-pushed on Mar 25, 2018
6. btcdrak force-pushed on Mar 25, 2018
7. BIP to reserve nversion bits in blockheader 11e16622f2
8. btcdrak force-pushed on Mar 26, 2018
9. luke-jr added the label New BIP on Apr 1, 2018
10. jonathancross approved
11. 
    jonathancross commented at 11:39 am on April 2, 2018: contributor

    List formatting issue is resolved.
12. MattLongCT changes_requested
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    MattLongCT commented at 7:05 pm on April 3, 2018: none

    BIP: (a number here was removed) Rename file accordingly?
14. 
    bitkevin commented at 9:43 am on July 24, 2018: none

    poolin.com already use 0x1FFFE000 as the default version mask for weeks, right now miners which enabled asicboost seems works well.
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    timohanke commented at 8:43 pm on August 1, 2018: none

    ACK.

    This matches what is already in use by hardware and software. It makes sense to formalize it as a BIP.

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    2+  BIP: ?
    3+  Title: Reserved nVersion bits for general purpose use
    4+  Author: BtcDrak <btcdrak@gmail.com>
    5+  Comments-Summary: No comments yet.
    6+  Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-????
    7+  Status: Draft
    8+  Type: Informational
    

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    luke-jr commented at 6:21 pm on August 9, 2018:

    Should be Standards Track
17. in bip-reservedbits.mediawiki:44 in 11e16622f2 outdated

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    40+https://github.com/btcdrak/bitcoin/commit/d12516e136d4a8952904a13eedc9f4225f35dc3b
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    42+==Backwards Compatibility==
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    44+This proposal is backwards compatible, and does not require a soft fork to implement.
    

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    luke-jr commented at 6:22 pm on August 9, 2018:

    It’s not backwards compatible, since software interprets these bits to indicate softforks.
18. luke-jr changes_requested
19. Update metadata and BC d0a2ac057c
20. 
    btcdrak commented at 9:58 pm on August 14, 2018: contributor

    @luke-jr Updated for your nits. Please can I have a BIP number assignment.
21. 
    odarboe commented at 10:04 pm on August 14, 2018: none

    @btcdrak check the word in the last sentence. “….bits for activation sinalling.”
22. luke-jr merged this on Aug 15, 2018
23. luke-jr closed this on Aug 15, 2018

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24. jonathancross cross-referenced this on Aug 15, 2018 from issue Minor typo fix for "reservedbits" BIP by jonathancross

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