Bitcoin Improvement Proposals Articles

BIP 176 Bits Denomination made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 117 guide covering its Draft single tail-call execution rule, SegWit restriction, stack transfer, MAST use with BIP 116 and consensus testing.

BIP 116 guide covering the Draft NOP4 soft-fork proposal, BIP 98 proof checks, hidden policy branches, stack rules, activation and testing.

BIP 98 guide to fast-SHA256 Merkle trees, domain separation, unbalanced trees, proof encoding, CVE-2012-2459 avoidance and safe validation.

BIP 300 guide covering its Draft drivechain consensus proposal, sidechain deposits, miner-governed withdrawals, slow voting, partitioning claims and risks.

BIP8 and UASF Explained made simple. See the main facts, costs, risks and practical checks before you make a decision.

Plan Bitcoin pool failover during a consensus dispute by checking chain tips, validation rules, automatic fallback, payout assets and pause criteria.

BIP 175 guide covering its closed HD pay-to-contract derivation, invoice commitment, payment-base keys, multiparty proof, privacy and recovery.

BIP 174 PSBT explained: learn how unsigned transactions, UTXO data, key paths and partial signatures move safely between wallets and signers.

BIP 136 TxRef made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 156 guide covering its closed stem-and-fluff transaction routing, epoch paths, embargo recovery, graph attacks, privacy limits and deployment status.

BIP 157 and 158 compact block filters explained: understand client-side matching, Golomb-coded sets, filter headers and privacy trade-offs.