Bitcoin Protocols and BIPs Articles

BIP 37 Bloom filters explained: review filtered-block relay, false positives, privacy leakage, resource risk and why modern clients moved away.

BIP 36 custom services explained as a closed peer-extension framework, including service identifiers, namespaced commands and compatibility risks.

BIP 34 coinbase height explained for pools: learn the minimally encoded block-height rule, activation history and template construction checks.

BIP 33 stratized nodes explained as a closed lightweight-node proposal, including service queries, quorum assumptions, privacy risks and modern context.

BIP 31 Pong Message made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 23 getblocktemplate – Pooled Mining made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 30 duplicate transactions explained: learn why overwriting unspent outputs was unsafe, how nodes enforce uniqueness and what miners must validate.

BIP 32 Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 19 low-SigOp multisignature explained as a closed alternative using CHECKSIG operations, including policy limits, custody risks and replacements.

BIP 21 Bitcoin payment URIs explained: parse addresses, amounts and required parameters safely, understand replacement by BIP 321 and test wallet handling.

BIP 18 hashScriptCheck explained: review its dataSig and scriptCheck model, sigop accounting, compatibility plan and relationship to deployed P2SH.

BIP 17 OP_CHECKHASHVERIFY explained as a closed P2SH alternative, including script hashing, activation risk and why Bitcoin adopted BIP 16.