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Expand Up @@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ above, as guidance to implementers on how to correctly process protocol elements
Documents can also provide test vectors, when applicable, that include grease values
to ensure they are processed correctly.

One limitation is that greasing does not check whether reserved values other than
grease values are correctly treated as ignored or errors. As such, it is still possible
that ossification can still occur where other reserved values are not allocatable
without causing problems in practice. The goal is simply to increase the chances
of correct implementation.

# Deployment Considerations and Incentives for Greasing

Greasing can be used as a tool to improve the active use of existing protocol
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