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@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ encoded as a compactSize unsigned integer.
.CompactSize Unsigned Integers
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Unsigned integers in Bitcoin that often have low values, but which may
Unsigned integers((("compactSize unsigned integers", id="compactsize")))((("unsigned integers", id="unsigned"))) in Bitcoin that often have low values, but which may
sometimes have high values, are usually encoded using the compactSize
data type. CompactSize is a version of a variable-length integer, so
it's sometimes called var_int or varint (see, for example, documentation
@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ nBits field in a Bitcoin block header is encoded using a custom data
type known as +Compact+, which is unrelated to compactSize. When
talking about the variable length integers used in Bitcoin transaction
serialization and other parts of the Bitcoin P2P protocol, we will
always use the full name compactSize.
always use the full name((("compactSize unsigned integers", startref="compactsize")))((("unsigned integers", startref="unsigned"))) compactSize.
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For numbers from 0 to 252, compactSize unsigned integers are identical