BIPs bitcoin improvement proposals

325 - Signet

BIP: 325 source Layer: Applications Title: Signet Author: Karl-Johan Alm Anthony Towns Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0325 Status: Proposed Type: Standards Track Created: 2019-03-20 License: CC0-1.0 Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationSpecificationGenesis Block and Message StartGenesis BlockMessage StartCompatibilityReference implementationReferencesCopyright Abstract A new type of test network where signatures are used in addition to proof of work for block progress, enabling much better coordination and robustness (be reliably unreliable), for persistent, longer-term testing scenarios involving multiple independent parties. Motivation Testnet is a great place to try out new things without risking real money, but it is notoriously unreliable. Huge block reorgs, long gaps in between blocks being mined or sudden bursts of blocks in rapid succession mean that realistic testing of software, ...

118 - SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts

BIP: 118 source Layer: Consensus (soft fork) Title: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT for Taproot Scripts Author: Christian Decker Anthony Towns Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0118 Status: Draft Type: Standards Track Created: 2017-02-28 License: BSD-3-Clause Requires: 340, 341, 342 Table of ContentsIntroductionAbstractCopyrightMotivationSpecificationRules for signature opcodesPublic keySignature messageSecuritySignature replayMalleabilityPrivacy considerationsRationaleDeploymentBackwards compatibilityRevisionsAcknowledgements Introduction Abstract This BIP describes a new type of public key for tapscript (BIP 342) transactions. It allows signatures for these public keys to not commit to the exact UTXO being spent. This enables dynamic binding of transactions to different UTXOs, provided they have compatible scripts. Copyright This document is licensed under the 3-clause BSD license. Motivation Off...

342 - Validation of Taproot Scripts

BIP: 342 source Layer: Consensus (soft fork) Title: Validation of Taproot Scripts Author: Pieter Wuille Jonas Nick Anthony Towns Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0342 Status: Final Type: Standards Track Created: 2020-01-19 License: BSD-3-Clause Requires: 340, 341 Post-History: 2019-05-06: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016914.html [bitcoin-dev] Taproot proposal Table of ContentsIntroductionAbstractCopyrightMotivationDesignSpecificationScript executionRules for signature opcodesCommon Signature Message ExtensionSignature validationResource limitsRationaleDeploymentExamplesAcknowledgements Introduction Abstract This document specifies the semantics of the initial scripting system under BIP341. Copyright This document is licensed under the 3-clause BSD license. Motivation BIP341 proposes improvements to just the script structure, but some of...

345 - OP_VAULT

BIP: 345 source Layer: Consensus (soft fork) Title: OP_VAULT Author: James O'Beirne Greg Sanders Anthony Towns Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0345 Status: Draft Type: Standards Track Created: 2023-02-03 License: BSD-3-Clause Post-History: 2023-01-09: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-January/021318.html [bitcoin-dev] OP_VAULT announcment 2023-03-01: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-March/021510.html [bitcoin-dev] BIP for OP_VAULT Table of ContentsIntroductionCopyrightMotivationExample usesProvable timelocksGoalsDesignTransaction typesFee managementSpecificationOP_VAULT evaluationOP_VAULT_RECOVER evaluationDeferred check evaluationPolicy changesImplementationApplicationsCreating a vaultTriggering a withdrawalRecovery authorizationUnauthorized recoveryAuthorized recoveryRecommendation: use a simple, offline recovery authorization key seedAddres...

341 - Taproot

BIP: 341 source Layer: Consensus (soft fork) Title: Taproot: SegWit version 1 spending rules Author: Pieter Wuille Jonas Nick Anthony Towns Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0341 Status: Final Type: Standards Track Created: 2020-01-19 License: BSD-3-Clause Requires: 340 Post-History: 2019-05-06: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016914.html [bitcoin-dev] Taproot proposal 2019-10-09: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-October/017378.html [bitcoin-dev] Taproot updates Table of ContentsIntroductionAbstractCopyrightMotivationDesignSpecificationScript validation rulesSignature validation rulesCommon signature messageTaproot key path spending signature validationConstructing and spending Taproot outputsSecurityTest vectorsRationaleDeploymentBackwards compatibilityAcknowledgements Introduction Abstract This do...