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The first BIP ([[BIP 0001]]) was submitted by Amir Taaki on 2011-08-19 and described what a BIP is.
 
The first BIP ([[BIP 0001]]) was submitted by Amir Taaki on 2011-08-19 and described what a BIP is.
  
= BIP Types =
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== Types ==
 
There are three types of BIPs:
 
There are three types of BIPs:
 
* '''Standards Track BIPs''' - Changes to the network protocol, block or transaction validation, or anything affecting interoperability.
 
* '''Standards Track BIPs''' - Changes to the network protocol, block or transaction validation, or anything affecting interoperability.
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* '''Process BIPs''' - Describes or proposes a change in process. Similar to Standards BIPs but apply outside the Bitcoin protocol.
 
* '''Process BIPs''' - Describes or proposes a change in process. Similar to Standards BIPs but apply outside the Bitcoin protocol.
  
= BIP Workflow =
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== Layers ==
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[[BIP 0123]] established four layers for Standards BIPs:
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# '''Consensus'''<ref>Further divided into [[hardfork|hard]] and [[softfork]]s.</ref>
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# '''Peer Services'''
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# '''API/RPC'''
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# '''Applications'''
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== Workflow ==
 
As described in [[BIP 0001]] the workflow of a BIP is as follows:
 
As described in [[BIP 0001]] the workflow of a BIP is as follows:
  
 
[[File:BIP Workflow.png]]
 
[[File:BIP Workflow.png]]
  
= List of BIPs =
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== List of BIPs ==
 
{{BipMoved|README.mediawiki|README}}
 
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== Notes ==
[[Hardfork Wishlist]]
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Revision as of 01:43, 13 May 2020

A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) is a design document for introducing features or information to Bitcoin. This is the standard way of communicating ideas since Bitcoin has no formal structure.

The first BIP (BIP 0001) was submitted by Amir Taaki on 2011-08-19 and described what a BIP is.

Types

There are three types of BIPs:

  • Standards Track BIPs - Changes to the network protocol, block or transaction validation, or anything affecting interoperability.
  • Informational BIPs - Design issues, general guidelines. This type of BIP is NOT for proposing new features and do not represent community consensus
  • Process BIPs - Describes or proposes a change in process. Similar to Standards BIPs but apply outside the Bitcoin protocol.

Layers

BIP 0123 established four layers for Standards BIPs:

  1. Consensus[1]
  2. Peer Services
  3. API/RPC
  4. Applications

Workflow

As described in BIP 0001 the workflow of a BIP is as follows:

BIP Workflow.png

List of BIPs

Please do not modify this page. This is a mirror of the BIP from the source Git repository here.

Notes

  1. Further divided into hard and softforks.

See also