From fb974b73901da27abc7687b497f35e157b76f6d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nadams Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:17:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edited glossary.asciidoc with Atlas code editor --- glossary.asciidoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/glossary.asciidoc b/glossary.asciidoc index 3534a3f0..cf3a3fd8 100644 --- a/glossary.asciidoc +++ b/glossary.asciidoc @@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ Segregated Witness:: 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 particular transactions were included in a block without downloading the entire block. The method is used by some 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. Not to be confused with fork, hard fork, software fork or Git fork. -SPV (aka Simplified Payment Verification):: - 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. - Stale Block:: 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.