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| Murch
| Process
| Deployed
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|- style="background-color: #ffcfcf"
| [[bip-0008.mediawiki|8]]
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| Version bits with lock-in by height
| Shaolin Fry, Luke Dashjr
| Informational
| Draft
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| [[bip-0009.mediawiki|9]]
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Title: Version bits with lock-in by height
Authors: Shaolin Fry <shaolinfry@protonmail.ch>
Luke Dashjr <luke+bip@dashjr.org>
Status: Draft
Status: Closed
Type: Informational
Assigned: 2017-02-01
License: BSD-3-Clause OR CC0-1.0
Version: 0.3.3
</pre>

==Abstract==
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This document is dual licensed as BSD 3-clause, and Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

==Changelog==
* **0.3.3** (2026-08-03):
** Move to Closed after no updates in over five years.
* **0.3.2** (2021-02-17):
** Make activation threshold configurable.
** Reduce recommended threshold from 95% to 90%.
** Update guidance for bit selection and naming conventions.
** Clarify economic majority upgrade expectations.
* **0.3.1** (2021-02-04):
** Simplify pseudocode for MUST_SIGNAL validation check.
* **0.3.0** (2021-02-02):
** Make signaling during LOCKED_IN recommended instead of mandatory.
** Allow some blocks to not signal during MUST_SIGNAL as long as threshold is met.
* **0.2.0** (2020-10-17):
** Replace FAILING state with MUST_SIGNAL phase.
** Require startheight and timeoutheight to be at retarget boundaries.
** Require timeoutheight to be at least 4032 blocks after startheight.
** Add note about lockinontimeout=true peer connectivity.
* **0.1.0** (2020-06-26):
** Return document Draft status.
** Fix timeout logic and state transition ordering.
** Add minimum_activation_height parameter.
** Update GBT section for MUST_SIGNAL state.
** Add reference implementation link.
** Fix pseudocode initialization bug.
* **0.0.2** (2020-02-26):
** Move to Rejected due to 3-year time-out.
* **0.0.1** (2017-02-01):
** Initial Draft published.