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nVersion bits for general purpose use

BIP 320, nVersion bits for general purpose use. This BIP reserves 16 bits of the block header nVersion field for general purpose use and removes their meaning for the purpose of version bits soft-fork signalling.

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Authors: BtcDrak
Date: 2018
Publisher: BtcDrak
Version: Source cited by the 2018 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0534
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Official source — BIP 320
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Author–date

BtcDrak (2018). nVersion bits for general purpose use. BtcDrak. https://bips.dev/320

BibTeX

@techreport{bip3202018,
  title = {nVersion bits for general purpose use},
  author = {BtcDrak},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {BtcDrak},
  url = {https://bips.dev/320},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bip-320}
}

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AU  - BtcDrak
PY  - 2018
PB  - BtcDrak
UR  - https://bips.dev/320
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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