From a67dcbf92c64842fc9511dbb6e2f144b2bf07e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Binns Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:12:40 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] glossary: Wording changes to SegWit and SPV entries --- glossary.asciidoc | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/glossary.asciidoc b/glossary.asciidoc index a8ff38de..95ef091b 100644 --- a/glossary.asciidoc +++ b/glossary.asciidoc @@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ secret key (aka private key):: ---- Segregated Witness:: - Segregated Witness is an upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol in which technological innovation separated signature data from bitcoin transactions. Segregated Witness was implemented as a soft fork; a change that technically makes Bitcoin’s protocol rules more restrictive. + Segregated Witness is an upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol in which signature ("witness") data is separated from sender/receiver data to further optimize the structure of transactions. Segregated Witness was implemented as a soft fork; a change that technically makes Bitcoin’s protocol rules more restrictive. SHA:: The Secure Hash Algorithm or SHA is a family of cryptographic hash functions published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Simplified Payment Verification (SPV):: - SPV or simplified payment verification is a method for verifying that particular transactions were included in a block, without downloading the entire block. The method is used by some lightweight Bitcoin clients. + SPV or simplified payment verification is a method for verifying that particular transactions were included in a block, without downloading the entire block. This method of verification is often used by lightweight Bitcoin clients. soft fork:: soft fork or Soft-Forking Change is a temporary fork in the blockchain which commonly occurs when miners using non-upgraded nodes don't follow a new consensus rule their nodes don’t know about.