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Greg Maxwell
Author of 2 BIPs.
- BIP 9: Version bits with timeout and delay: Deployed. Lets miners signal readiness for several soft forks (backward-compatible rule upgrades) at once by setting individual bits in each block's version number. An upgrade locks in once enough blocks…
- BIP 173: Base32 address format for native v0-16 witness outputs: Deployed. Introduces Bech32, an address format for native SegWit outputs, recognizable by addresses starting with "bc1". It uses only lowercase letters and numbers and a strong checksum that catches typing…