BIP99: finish incomplete sentence in Libbitcoinconsensus definition#2027
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Complete the unfinished sentence about libbitcoinconsensus separation.
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| : the existing implementation is a library that is compiled by default with Bitcoin Core master and exposes a single C function named bitcoinconsensus_verify_script(). Although it has a deterministic build and implements the most complex rules (most of the cryptography, which is itself heavily based on libsecp256k1 after #REPLACE_libsecp256k1_PR), it is still not a complete specification of the consensus rules. Since libconsensus doesn't manage the current state but only the validation of the next block given that state, it is known that this long effort of encapsulation and decoupling will eventually finish, and that the person who moves the last line | ||
| : the existing implementation is a library that is compiled by default with Bitcoin Core master and exposes a single C function named bitcoinconsensus_verify_script(). Although it has a deterministic build and implements the most complex rules (most of the cryptography, which is itself heavily based on libsecp256k1 after #REPLACE_libsecp256k1_PR), it is still not a complete specification of the consensus rules. Since libconsensus doesn't manage the current state but only the validation of the next block given that state, it is known that this long effort of encapsulation and decoupling will eventually finish, and that the person who moves the last line will complete the separation. |
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I’m closing this, because BIP99 has been Closed for over six years and therefore minor improvements like this are likely of little value, and there has been no interest by the BIP owner for over six months. |
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Credit to forkfury for pointing out the incomplete sentence in bitcoin#2027. Co-authored-by: forkfury <forkfury@gmail.com>
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Complete the unfinished sentence about libbitcoinconsensus separation.