Protocol rules: Revision history

23 June 2020

• curprev 10:2910:29, 23 June 2020‎ Furunodo talk contribs‎ 12,394 bytes +94‎ →‎Block creation fee

25 August 2017

• curprev 19:1119:11, 25 August 2017‎ Ivanzar talk contribs‎ 12,300 bytes −25‎ No edit summary
• curprev 19:1019:10, 25 August 2017‎ Ivanzar talk contribs‎ 12,325 bytes +25‎ No edit summary

4 October 2016

• curprev 08:4108:41, 4 October 2016‎ Tomasvdw talk contribs‎ m 12,300 bytes +1‎ Minor typo to align tx rule 3 with actual code

4 March 2016

• curprev 19:2719:27, 4 March 2016‎ Nayuki talk contribs‎ m 12,299 bytes +8‎ Added and improved links to internal pages

31 May 2014

• curprev 14:5214:52, 31 May 2014‎ Orphanblock talk contribs‎ 12,291 bytes +10‎ →‎"tx" messages

15 March 2014

• curprev 08:2008:20, 15 March 2014‎ Gmaxwell talk contribs‎ 12,281 bytes −119‎ →‎"tx" messages: avoid 0/1 indexing confusion, reorder some to better reflect reality (expensive tests come later), and that never existing is pretty much the same as already spent.

21 December 2012

• curprev 18:3418:34, 21 December 2012‎ Makerofthings7 talk contribs‎ m 12,400 bytes 0‎ →‎"tx" messages

10 December 2012

• curprev 02:3602:36, 10 December 2012‎ Dree12 talk contribs‎ m 12,400 bytes +18‎ update

30 October 2012

• curprev 18:3418:34, 30 October 2012‎ Gmaxwell talk contribs‎ 12,382 bytes +3‎ →‎"block" messages: <= is the test, not < Please don't revert this without discussing with me.

25 October 2012

• curprev 04:1204:12, 25 October 2012‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 12,379 bytes +24‎ →‎See Also: Add entry for Hardfork Wishlist.

22 October 2012

• curprev 05:2405:24, 22 October 2012‎ Grau talk contribs‎ m 12,355 bytes +2‎ →‎Block creation fee

21 October 2012

• curprev 18:2718:27, 21 October 2012‎ Grau talk contribs‎ 12,353 bytes −61‎ Used the term block creation fee as in other rules. Reverted change to rule 6 of block.
• curprev 18:0118:01, 21 October 2012‎ Grau talk contribs‎ 12,414 bytes +608‎ Added coinbase value rule in a new section. Added coinbase output value check in block rule 6.

18 June 2012

• curprev 17:3817:38, 18 June 2012‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ m 11,806 bytes +36‎ →‎See Also: Add entry for bitcoin Improvement Proposals.
• curprev 17:2617:26, 18 June 2012‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ m 11,770 bytes +17‎ Move References section to the appropriate place that follows the article template.

1 May 2012

• curprev 23:4923:49, 1 May 2012‎ Mckoss talk contribs‎ 11,753 bytes +18‎ Add concrete value for COINBASE_MATURITY - source bitcoind/main.h

15 February 2012

• curprev 04:2304:23, 15 February 2012‎ Eldentyrell talk contribs‎ 11,735 bytes 0‎ →‎Blocks
• curprev 04:2204:22, 15 February 2012‎ Eldentyrell talk contribs‎ 11,735 bytes +2‎ →‎Blocks
• curprev 04:2204:22, 15 February 2012‎ Eldentyrell talk contribs‎ 11,733 bytes +26‎ No edit summary

26 November 2011

• curprev 21:4121:41, 26 November 2011‎ Mckoss talk contribs‎ 11,707 bytes +2‎ →‎Difficulty change: indent equation
• curprev 21:4021:40, 26 November 2011‎ Mckoss talk contribs‎ 11,705 bytes −158‎ Simplify difficulty block count explanation

7 November 2011

• curprev 14:0914:09, 7 November 2011‎ Sipa talk contribs‎ m 11,863 bytes +1‎ No edit summary

28 June 2011

• curprev 19:5419:54, 28 June 2011‎ Gmaxwell talk contribs‎ 11,862 bytes −1‎ →‎"block" messages: if (GetBlockTime() <= pindexPrev->GetMedianTimePast()) return error("AcceptBlock() : block's timestamp is too early"); This actually closes of some crazy attacks.

26 June 2011

• curprev 21:2221:22, 26 June 2011‎ Genjix talk contribs‎ 11,863 bytes +1,072‎ No edit summary

27 May 2011

• curprev 03:4503:45, 27 May 2011‎ X6763 talk contribs‎ 10,791 bytes +529‎ →‎"tx" messages
• curprev 03:2603:26, 27 May 2011‎ X6763 talk contribs‎ m 10,262 bytes 0‎ →‎"tx" messages: The global blockchain (not the latency-vulnerable, potentially inconsistent between nodes, in-memory transaction pool) is what prevents double-spending.

25 May 2011

• curprev 00:1100:11, 25 May 2011‎ Stygianguest talk contribs‎ m 10,262 bytes +3‎ →‎Blocks

13 April 2011

• curprev 19:1219:12, 13 April 2011‎ Forrestv talk contribs‎ 10,259 bytes −16‎ updated timestamp

18 March 2011

• curprev 23:2223:22, 18 March 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 10,275 bytes −1‎ →‎"tx" messages: Bits or bytes? Also, I thought to change this to 31 bits, seeing as how INT_MAX is the largest 31-bit number (since it leaves out room for a sign bit)

17 March 2011

• curprev 01:0201:02, 17 March 2011‎ Jhyslop talk contribs‎ m 10,276 bytes −67‎ →‎Removed redundant step (old step 9)
• curprev 00:5700:57, 17 March 2011‎ Jhyslop talk contribs‎ 10,343 bytes +834‎ →‎Add explanation of why some rules exist

16 March 2011

• curprev 22:4422:44, 16 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 9,509 bytes +128‎ →‎"block" messages: Add orphan block recursion
• curprev 22:1922:19, 16 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 9,381 bytes +3,639‎ First cut at final block rules

15 March 2011

• curprev 22:1722:17, 15 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 5,742 bytes +90‎ Add some links
• curprev 18:1918:19, 15 March 2011‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 5,652 bytes +46‎ Add See Also section with an entry for Protocol specification.
• curprev 18:1718:17, 15 March 2011‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 5,606 bytes +8‎ Fix link for category Clients.
• curprev 18:1618:16, 15 March 2011‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 5,598 bytes +14‎ Add link to Clients category in opening sentence.
• curprev 18:1518:15, 15 March 2011‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 5,584 bytes +4‎ Initial sentence is not a section name but a description.
• curprev 18:1418:14, 15 March 2011‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 5,580 bytes −13‎ Change section indentation levels to be consistent with other mediawiki articles here.
• curprev 01:1901:19, 15 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 5,593 bytes +62‎ Call the main chain the main branch

14 March 2011

• curprev 03:2803:28, 14 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 5,531 bytes +295‎ More on blocks
• curprev 01:0901:09, 14 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 5,236 bytes +836‎ Starting blocks
• curprev 00:3900:39, 14 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 4,400 bytes +1,091‎ Finish first cut at tx rules

13 March 2011

• curprev 22:5922:59, 13 March 2011‎ Hal talk contribs‎ 3,309 bytes +3,309‎ Initially, about half the tx rules are done