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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 of greasing is that it only exercises grease values. It does not check whether
other values that are reserved for future use are correctly treated as ignored or errors.
As such, ossification remains a possibility for non-grease values. The goal of greasing
is to increase the chances of correct implementation, and there by reduce (but not
eliminate) the possibility of ossification.

# 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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