BITCOIN - SEGWIT2X - USAF - BIP148 -

rspower (48)in #bitcoin • 6 years ago


BITCOIN	bitcoin is the first decentralised, open source cryptocurrency that runs on a global peer to peer network, without the need for middlemen and a centralised issuer. strictly, bitcoin with a capital “b” refers to the protocol & the network, whilst bitcoin with a lowercase “b” is the currency. bitcoin can refer to the protocol, network or the unit of currency. ^{Source + Source}
SEGWIT2X	it consists of two sequential phases — to activate segwit using bip 91 (making it compatible with the uasf) and then to hard fork the base block size to 2 mb ninety days later. is proposed as a way to end bitcoin’s ‘scaling debate’ and was said to be a compromise between the two sides of the debate — those who want to achieve scaling through segregated witness (segwit) and those who prefer to scale by increasing the block size. also knows as the 'the new york agreement'. ^{Source + Source}
USAF	the uasf concept was combined with segwit activation in the bip148 proposal which became active on 1st august 2017. it’s a mechanism where the activation time of a soft fork occurs on a specified date enforced by full nodes, a concept sometimes referred to as the economic majority. user activated soft fork. ^{Source + Source}
BIP148	it was designed to cause the existing segwit masf deployment to cause activation in all existing segwit capable node software. currently is 80% of the network nodes. bip148 is a user activated soft fork - uasf. ^{Source + Source}


BITCOIN	bitcoin is the first decentralised, open source cryptocurrency that runs on a global peer to peer network, without the need for middlemen and a centralised issuer. strictly, bitcoin with a capital “b” refers to the protocol & the network, whilst bitcoin with a lowercase “b” is the currency. bitcoin can refer to the protocol, network or the unit of currency. ^{Source + Source}
SEGWIT2X	it consists of two sequential phases — to activate segwit using bip 91 (making it compatible with the uasf) and then to hard fork the base block size to 2 mb ninety days later. is proposed as a way to end bitcoin’s ‘scaling debate’ and was said to be a compromise between the two sides of the debate — those who want to achieve scaling through segregated witness (segwit) and those who prefer to scale by increasing the block size. also knows as the 'the new york agreement'. ^{Source + Source}
USAF	the uasf concept was combined with segwit activation in the bip148 proposal which became active on 1st august 2017. it’s a mechanism where the activation time of a soft fork occurs on a specified date enforced by full nodes, a concept sometimes referred to as the economic majority. user activated soft fork. ^{Source + Source}
BIP148	it was designed to cause the existing segwit masf deployment to cause activation in all existing segwit capable node software. currently is 80% of the network nodes. bip148 is a user activated soft fork - uasf. ^{Source + Source}

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