Anthony Towns

Author of 6 BIPs.

BIP 118: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts: Draft. Proposes SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, a signature type for Taproot scripts that does not commit to the exact coin being spent, so one signed transaction can be attached to any compatible coin. This would…
BIP 325: Signet: Complete. Defines Signet, a type of Bitcoin test network where new blocks must be signed by designated parties in addition to being mined. This gives developers a stable, predictable place to test software,…
BIP 332: Stale Tip Relay: Draft. Defines an optional message for nodes to tell peers about recent stale blocks, valid blocks that did not end up in the main chain. Sharing them helps researchers and operators monitor mining…
BIP 341: Taproot: SegWit version 1 spending rules: Deployed. Taproot introduces a new kind of Bitcoin output that can be spent either with a single signature or by revealing just one of many possible alternative spending conditions, kept hidden in a tree…
BIP 342: Validation of Taproot Scripts: Deployed. Specifies Tapscript, the updated scripting rules used when a Taproot output is spent through one of its hidden alternative conditions. It switches signature checks to Schnorr, removes some old…
BIP 434: Peer Feature Negotiation: Complete. Defines a peer-to-peer message that nodes can exchange while first connecting, to announce and agree on support for new network features. This gives a cleaner, uniform way to roll out future…