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SHA::
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The Secure Hash Algorithm or SHA is a family of cryptographic hash functions published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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Simplified Payment Verification (SPV)::
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SPV or Simplified Payment Verification is a method for verifying particular transactions were included in a block without downloading the entire block. The method is used by some lightweight Bitcoin clients.
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soft fork::
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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.
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Not to be confused with fork, hard fork, software fork or Git fork.
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SPV (aka Simplified Payment Verification)::
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SPV or Simplified Payment Verification is a method for verifying particular transactions were included in a block without downloading the entire block. The method is used by some lightweight Bitcoin clients.
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Stale Block::
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Block which were successfully mined but which isn’t included on the current best block chain, likely because some other block at the same height had its chain extended first.
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