Sean Bowe

Author of 2 BIPs.

BIP 39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys: Deployed. Defines the recovery phrase: a list of 12 to 24 common words that encodes a wallet's master secret. Users can write the words down to back up and later restore a wallet, a format now widely used…
BIP 199: Hashed Time-Locked Contract transactions: Closed. Defines the hashed time-locked contract (HTLC), a script where funds can be claimed by revealing a secret before a deadline or reclaimed by the sender afterward. HTLCs are a core building block for…