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clenser 7 months ago
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@ -931,12 +931,12 @@ a txid is called _segregated witness_ (segwit).
The obvious method for implementing segwit requires a
change to Bitcoin's consensus rules that would not be compatible with
older full nodes, also ((("hard forks")))((("forks", "hard")))called
older full nodes, also ((("hard forks")))((("forks", "hard forks")))called
a _hard fork_. Hard forks come with a lot of challenges, as we'll
discuss further in <<hard_forks>>.
An alternative approach to segwit was described in late 2015. This
would use a backward-compatible change to the consensus rules, ((("soft forks")))((("forks", "soft")))called a
would use a backward-compatible change to the consensus rules, ((("soft forks")))((("forks", "soft forks")))called a
_soft fork_. Backward compatible means that full nodes implementing
the change must not accept any blocks that full nodes without the change
would consider invalid. As long as they obey that rule, newer full

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