consensus rule change
C23135
concept
Written as Ethereum network upgrade in 8 of 23 statements; the canonical label above is the pipeline's name for this concept.
A consensus rule change is a modification to the fundamental validation rules that all nodes in a distributed system or blockchain must follow to agree on the state of the ledger.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethereum network upgrade | 8 |
| hard fork | 6 |
| Bitcoin Improvement Proposal | 2 |
| Bitcoin protocol proposal | 1 |
| Ethereum hard fork phase | 1 |
| Ethereum protocol upgrade | 1 |
| blockchain protocol upgrade | 1 |
| consensus mechanism transition | 1 |
| consensus rule change canonical | 1 |
| hard fork proposal | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: consensus rule change
Generated description
A consensus rule change is a modification to the fundamental validation rules that all nodes in a distributed system or blockchain must follow to agree on the state of the ledger.
Instances (13)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Segregated Witness | — |
| The Merge | blockchain protocol upgrade |
| Homestead | Ethereum network upgrade |
| Metropolis | Ethereum protocol upgrade |
| Byzantium | Ethereum network upgrade |
| Dencun | Ethereum network upgrade |
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Berlin (Ethereum upgrade)
linked to:
Berlin
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Ethereum network upgrade |
| London | Ethereum network upgrade |
| Istanbul | Ethereum network upgrade |
| Shanghai | Ethereum network upgrade |
| SegWit2x | Bitcoin protocol proposal |
| BIP143 | Bitcoin Improvement Proposal |
| BIP145 | Bitcoin Improvement Proposal |