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API/RPC BIPs

Interfaces that software uses to talk to a Bitcoin node.

• BIP 22: getblocktemplate - Fundamentals: Deployed. Defines getblocktemplate, a way for a node to give miners a full block template rather than just a header to hash. Miners can then see and optionally choose which transactions go into a block,…
• BIP 23: getblocktemplate - Pooled Mining: Deployed. Extends getblocktemplate (BIP 22) with features for mining pools, such as letting participants propose their own blocks to the pool. It helps pooled miners build blocks themselves while still…
• BIP 145: getblocktemplate Updates for Segregated Witness: Deployed. Updates getblocktemplate, the interface miners and mining pools use to request a block to work on, so it supports SegWit. Without this, miners could not build blocks that include SegWit transactions…
• BIP 337: Compressed Transactions: Draft. Proposes a compression scheme that can shrink Bitcoin transactions to less than half their usual size. This is useful when bandwidth is very limited, such as broadcasting transactions over satellite…