Bitcoin Protocols and BIPs Articles

BIP 301 guide covering its Draft soft-fork status, sidechain block bids, BMM Accept and Request commitments, one-winner rule, miner incentives and risks.

Taproot control blocks explained: verify the internal key, leaf version, parity bit and Merkle path that prove a revealed script belongs to an output.

BIP 78 Payjoin explained: see how receivers add inputs, break ownership heuristics, enforce sender checks and secure the interactive endpoint.

BIP 325 Signet guide covering challenge scripts, coinbase commitments, virtual transactions, proof of work, network identity, validation and integration testing.

Lightning Liquidity Explained made simple. See the main facts, costs, risks and practical checks before you make a decision.

BIP 197 guide covering its Draft status, two-script Bitcoin collateral, cross-chain secrets, loan, liquidation, seizure and refund periods, and failure risks.

BIP 324 encrypted transport explained for mining nodes: understand the v2 handshake, traffic confidentiality, authentication limits and deployment checks.

BIP 155 addrv2 guide covering network IDs, variable address lengths, Tor v3 and I2P relay, sendaddrv2 negotiation, limits and privacy-aware validation.

BIP 137 guide covering recoverable 65-byte signatures, header ranges for legacy and SegWit addresses, interoperability, security limits and BIP 322 migration.

BIP 127 guide covering its Draft status, unspendable proof transactions, commitment messages, block-specific verification, proof files, PSBT extension and limits.

BIP 79 Bustapay guide covering its closed status, sender and merchant transaction flow, anti-DoS fallback, mandatory validation, privacy limits and compatibility.

BIP 322 guide covering the Complete script-based signed-message format, simple and full proofs, PSBT workflows, proof-of-funds limits and verification.