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==Consensus== | |||
Nodes other than the [[Original_Bitcoin_client|original client]] risk creating a hard fork if widely deployed and not following the consensus code as implemented in the original client 100% (bug-for-bug). There is no documented standard for Bitcoin consensus, so presently the implementation is considered the de facto standard. | |||
The original client consensus code is maintained as a sub-library called libbitcoinconsensus within the client's source code.<ref>[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/libbitcoinconsensus.pc.in libbitcoinconsensus]</ref> A clone of the original client consensus code is maintained as a standalone library called [[Libbitcoin_Consensus|libbitcoin-consensus]] as part of the [[Libbitcoin]] development toolkit. | |||
==See Also== | |||
* [[:Category:Clients|Clients]] | |||
* [[:Category:Frontends|Frontends]] | |||
* [[:Category:Developer|Developer]] | |||
* [[:Category:Software|Software]] | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Software|Software]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:41, 12 July 2015
A full node connects to the Bitcoin network, maintains the blockchain, and relays memory pool transactions traffic based on policies.
Consensus
Nodes other than the original client risk creating a hard fork if widely deployed and not following the consensus code as implemented in the original client 100% (bug-for-bug). There is no documented standard for Bitcoin consensus, so presently the implementation is considered the de facto standard.
The original client consensus code is maintained as a sub-library called libbitcoinconsensus within the client's source code.[1] A clone of the original client consensus code is maintained as a standalone library called libbitcoin-consensus as part of the Libbitcoin development toolkit.
See Also
References
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