Merge pull request #227 from tendermint/tm-1422-commit-hash

[docs/Commit] all application instances must return the same hash
2026-02-05 03:20:44 +00:00 · 2018-04-17 13:34:50 -04:00
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--- a/specification.rst
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   - Persist the application state.
   - Return a Merkle root hash of the application state.
+   - It's critical that all application instances return the same hash. If not,
+     they will not be able to agree on the next block, because the hash is
+     included in the next block!