From 83471fe46121760d6fc8b2e150e6590c7f6ad3f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lakshman Sankar Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 08:38:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Danny Ryan --- specs/merge/client_settings.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/specs/merge/client_settings.md b/specs/merge/client_settings.md index 6356e8a5b..3ff897560 100644 --- a/specs/merge/client_settings.md +++ b/specs/merge/client_settings.md @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ This document specifies configurable settings that clients must implement for th ### Override terminal total difficulty -To coordinate changes to [`terminal_total_difficulty`](fork-choice.md#transitionstore), clients +To coordinate manual overrides to [`terminal_total_difficulty`](fork-choice.md#transitionstore), clients must provide `--terminal-total-difficulty-override` as a configurable setting. If `TransitionStore` has already [been initialized](./fork.md#initializing-transition-store), this alters the previously initialized value of -`TransitionStore.terminal_total_difficulty`, otherwise it initializes `TransitionStore` with the specified +`TransitionStore.terminal_total_difficulty`, otherwise this setting initializes `TransitionStore` with the specified, bypassing `compute_terminal_total_difficulty` and the use of an `anchor_pow_block`. `terminal_total_difficulty`. Except under exceptional scenarios, this setting is expected to not be used, and `terminal_total_difficulty` will operate with [default functionality](./fork.md#initializing-transition-store). Sufficient warning to the user about this exceptional configurable setting should be provided.