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Bundles four consensus soft-fork fixes: a timewarp-attack timestamp constraint, a transaction signature-operation limit, invalidating 64-byte transactions, and mandatory coinbase nLockTime.
Satoshi's difficulty retarget has an off-by-one: it measures 2,015 blocks instead of 2,016. A hashrate majority can exploit it via timestamp manipulation. The Great Consensus Cleanup proposes a fix.
Satoshi responds to Ray Dillinger's 35% inflation claim, explaining how difficulty adjustment keeps production constant and how transaction fees provide an alternative incentive.