Bitcoin Improvement Proposals Articles

BIP 112 CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 120 proof of payment explained as a closed transaction-shaped credential, including nonce binding, validation, replay and privacy risks.

BIP 121 btcpop URI explained as a closed proof-of-payment request format with destination, nonce and optional transaction hints.

BIP 103 technology-growth block size explained as a closed hard-fork formula using median time, 17.7% annual growth and scaled sigops.

BIP 101 larger blocks explained as a closed hard-fork schedule starting at 8 MB, doubling every two years and carrying node split risk.

BIP 99 fork taxonomy explained as a closed framework covering accidental splits, unilateral soft forks, schisms and consensus upgrades.

BIP 69 transaction sorting explained: learn input outpoint ordering, output amount and script ordering, privacy limits and functional exceptions.

BIP 100 dynamic block-size voting explained as a closed hard-fork proposal with 75% miner thresholds, 5% adjustment limits and split risk.

BIP 68 relative lock time made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 130 Sendheaders made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 47 Reusable Payment Codes made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 67 Sorted Multisig Keys made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.