Bitcoin Improvement Proposals are design documents providing information to the bitcoin community, or describing a new feature for bitcoin or its processes or environment.
((("bitcoin improvement proposals", "types of")))Bitcoin Improvement Proposals are design documents providing information to the bitcoin community, or describing a new feature for bitcoin or its processes or environment.
As per BIP-01 _BIP Purpose and Guidelines_, there are three kinds of BIP:
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _Standard_ BIP:: Describes any change that affects most or all bitcoin implement
_Informational_ BIP:: Describes a bitcoin design issue, or provides general guidelines or information to the bitcoin community, but does not propose a new feature. Informational BIPs do not necessarily represent a bitcoin community consensus or recommendation, so users and implementors may ignore informational BIPs or follow their advice.
_Process_ BIP:: Describes a bitcoin process, or proposes a change to (or an event in) a process. Process BIPs are like standard BIPs but apply to areas other than the bitcoin protocol itself. They might propose an implementation, but not to bitcoin's codebase; they often require community consensus; and unlike informational BIPs, they are more than recommendations, and users are typically not free to ignore them. Examples include procedures, guidelines, changes to the decision-making process, and changes to the tools or environment used in bitcoin development. Any meta-BIP is also considered a process BIP.
BIPs are recorded in a versioned repository on Github: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips[https://github.com/bitcoin/bips]. <<table_d-1>> shows a snapshot of BIPs in April 2017. Consult the authoritative repository for up-to-date information on existing BIPs and their contents.
((("bitcoin improvement proposals", "repository of")))BIPs are recorded in a versioned repository on Github: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips[https://github.com/bitcoin/bips]. <<table_d-1>> shows a snapshot of BIPs in April 2017. Consult the authoritative repository for up-to-date information on existing BIPs and their contents.((("bitcoin improvement proposals", "snapshot of")))
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