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Recommend a fallow pause explicitly

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Pieter Wuille 2016-03-02 19:48:34 +01:00
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@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ Each soft fork deployment is specified by the following per-chain parameters (fu
The starttime should be set to some date in the future, coordinates with software release date. This is to prevent
triggers as a result of parties running pre-release software. The timeout should be set a reasonable time after the
starttime. A later deployment using the same bit is possible as long as its starttime is after the previous one's
timeout. This means that by setting it to 3 years after the starttime would allow around 9 deployments to be initiated
every year.
starttime. A later deployment using the same bit is possible as long as the first one its starttime is after the previous one's
timeout or activation, though it is recommended to have a pause in between to detect buggy software.
Setting the timeout to 3 years after the starttime allows at least 9 new deployments per year.
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