diff --git a/ch12_mining.adoc b/ch12_mining.adoc index f1f387d8..5d025af2 100644 --- a/ch12_mining.adoc +++ b/ch12_mining.adoc @@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ appears to be an invalid block, as its parent "7b" is not recognized as a ==== Hard Forks: Software, Network, Mining, and Chain -For ((("software forks", id="software-fork")))((("network forks", id="network-fork")))((("mining forks", id="mining-fork")))((("chain forks", id="chain-fork")))((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "types of", id="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", "types of", id="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", "types of", id="hard-forks")))software +For ((("software forks", id="software-fork")))((("network forks", id="network-fork")))((("mining forks", id="mining-fork")))((("chain forks", id="chain-fork")))((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "types of", id="consensus-hard-fork-type")))((("forks", "hard forks", "types of", id="forks-hard-type")))((("hard forks", "types of", id="hard-forks-type")))software developers, the term "fork" has another meaning, adding confusion to the term "hard fork." In open source software, a fork occurs when a group of developers choose to follow a different software roadmap and start a @@ -1754,11 +1754,11 @@ New miners may mine on top of the new block, while old miners will mine a separate chain based on the old rules. The partitioned network will make it so that the miners operating on separate consensus rules won't likely receive each other's blocks, as -they are connected to two separate ((("software forks", startref="software-fork")))((("network forks", startref="network-fork")))((("mining forks", startref="mining-fork")))((("chain forks", startref="chain-fork")))((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "types of", startref="consensus-hard-fork")))((("forks", "hard forks", "types of", startref="forks-hard")))((("hard forks", "types of", startref="hard-forks")))networks. +they are connected to two separate ((("software forks", startref="software-fork")))((("network forks", startref="network-fork")))((("mining forks", startref="mining-fork")))((("chain forks", startref="chain-fork")))((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "types of", startref="consensus-hard-fork-type")))((("forks", "hard forks", "types of", startref="forks-hard-type")))((("hard forks", "types of", startref="hard-forks-type")))networks. ==== Diverging Miners and Difficulty -As miners diverge into mining two different chains, the +As miners ((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "difficulty and", id="consensus-hard-fork-difficult")))((("forks", "hard forks", "difficulty and", id="forks-hard-difficult")))((("hard forks", "difficulty and", id="hard-forks")))((("difficulty", "hard forks and", id="difficulty-hardfork")))diverge into mining two different chains, the hashing power is split between the chains. The mining power can be split in any proportion between the two chains. The new rules may only be followed by a minority, or by the vast majority of the mining power. @@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ blocks will now be mined every 50 minutes on average. The difficulty will not be adjusted for 2,016 blocks, which will take 100,800 minutes, or approximately 10 weeks to mine. Assuming a fixed capacity per block, this will also result in a reduction of transaction capacity by a factor -of 5, as there are fewer blocks per hour available to record +of 5, as there are fewer blocks per hour available to record((("consensus rules", "hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="consensus-hard-fork-difficult")))((("forks", "hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="forks-hard-difficult")))((("hard forks", "difficulty and", startref="hard-forks")))((("difficulty", "hard forks and", startref="difficulty-hardfork"))) transactions. ==== Contentious Hard Forks