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Matt Corallo

Author of 8 BIPs.

BIP 21: URI Scheme: Closed. Defines the "bitcoin:" link format that packages an address, amount, label and message into one string, often shown as a QR code. Wallets read these links to fill in payment details automatically,…
BIP 37: Connection Bloom filtering: Deployed. Lets lightweight wallets hand a full node a Bloom filter (a compact, approximate summary of what they care about) so they receive only relevant transactions. This made phone wallets practical,…
BIP 54: Consensus Cleanup: Complete. Bundles fixes for several long-standing protocol weaknesses: the timewarp attack (manipulating block timestamps to speed up coin issuance), blocks that take extremely long to validate, Merkle tree…
BIP 111: NODE_BLOOM service bit: Deployed. Adds a way for nodes to announce whether they offer 'bloom filtering', a service that lets lightweight wallets request only transactions relevant to them. Nodes can then decline to provide this…
BIP 152: Compact Block Relay: Deployed. Introduces compact blocks, where nodes announce a new block using short transaction identifiers instead of sending every transaction again. Since peers usually already have most transactions, this…
BIP 321: URI Scheme: Complete. Defines the "bitcoin:" link format that wallets use for payment requests in QR codes and clickable links. It specifies how to include an amount, label, message, and alternative payment methods, so…
BIP 323: 24 nVersion bits for general purpose use: Draft. Reserves 24 bits of the block header's version field as extra space miners can vary while searching for a valid block. This lets fast mining hardware keep working on just the block header without…
BIP 353: DNS Payment Instructions: Complete. Defines how to store Bitcoin payment instructions in DNS, the internet's naming system, so a person can be paid via a human-readable name such as an email-like address. Security extensions to DNS…