Published on: 2021-09-15T09:50:34+00:00
During a recent meeting, the suggestion to decentralize the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) process was made in response to the lack of participation and discussion. The proposal aims to create multiple BIP directories to reduce dependency on one repository or a few individuals. While documentation is important, the focus should be on implementation.An example was given to demonstrate this point. Greg Maxwell proposed a solution to the mirroring issue of decentralized BIPs. He suggested assigning each BIP a genesis transaction ID that moves in time on the blockchain and mirrors the evolution in Git using commit hashes. This would provide a definitive HEAD of a BIP and its history, which can be reconstructed from any one transaction. Commit trees can be mirrored and hosted on popular sites like Github or Gitlab. The proposal also includes assigning BIP numbers in the Bitcoin repository and requiring spending money on transactions to prevent sybil attacks.David A. Harding recommended changes to the BIP process. His recommendations include adding more BIP editors, seeking the resignation of Luke Dashjr as BIP editor, and treating protocol documents outside the BIPs repository as first-class BIP documentation. He proposed an alternative to the BIPs system where anyone writing protocol documentation can post their idea to the mailing list and assign themselves a unique decentralized identifier starting with "bip-". Implementations of BIPs would link to the relevant protocol documentation. Harding's proposal aims to address issues such as users considering documents in the BIPs repo as authoritative and development teams wanting control over their own documentation.Matt Corallo criticized the BIP process, calling it a failure. W.J. van der Laan suggested decentralizing the process and adding more editors to address the bottleneck in open pull requests. 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Updated on: 2023-08-02T03:42:08.191963+00:00