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Core foundational BIPs. 2 proposals.

  • BIP 1: BIP Purpose and Guidelines: Closed. The original document that defined what a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal is and how one is written, discussed and accepted. Modeled on Python's proposal process, it gave the community a shared, public…
  • BIP 2: BIP process, revised: Closed. A revised version of the proposal process that replaced BIP 1, clarifying how proposals move between statuses, how comments are gathered, and which licenses are allowed. It aimed to make the path…