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Consensus versus policy

Consensus rules determine validity; relay and mempool policies guide what nodes relay or temporarily store without redefining validity.

Context

Why it matters

Consensus rules determine validity; relay and mempool policies guide what nodes relay or temporarily store without redefining validity.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Consensus rules determine validity; relay and mempool policies guide what nodes relay or temporarily store without redefining validity.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

Tier — · technicalBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

Tier 1 · primary

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