CompactSize Unsigned Integer
This definition comes from the technical glossary.
Definition
A type of variable-length integer commonly used in the Bitcoin P2P protocol and Bitcoin serialized data structures.
Synonyms
- CompactSize
Not To Be Confused With
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VarInt (a data type Bitcoin Core uses for local data storage)
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Compact (the data type used for nBits in the block header)
Links
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CompactSize Unsigned Integers — Bitcoin.org Developer Reference
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Variable length integers (compactSize) — Bitcoin Wiki