326 - Anti-fee-sniping in taproot transactions
BIP: 326 source Layer: Applications Title: Anti-fee-sniping in taproot transactions Author: Chris Belcher Status: Draft Type: Informational Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0326 Created: 2021-06-10 License: CC0-1.0 Post-History: 2021-6-10: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-June/019048.html Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationBackgroundFee snipingAbsolute vs relative locktimeTransaction pinningSpecificationsPseudocodeCompatibilityAcknowledgementsCopyrightReferences Abstract This document proposes a certain type of wallet behaviour which uses BIP341 taproot[1]. It provides a greater anonymity set for off-chain protocols which will make use of point-time-locked contracts (PTLCs) such as CoinSwap, Lightning and Discrete Log Contracts. Motivation With taproot recently added to bitcoin, and wallet software about to implement taproot wallets, we are in a unique position to impro...
179 - Name for payment recipient identifiers
BIP: 179 source Title: Name for payment recipient identifiers Author: Emil Engler Luke Dashjr Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0179 Status: Draft Type: Informational Created: 2019-10-17 License: CC0-1.0 Table of ContentsAbstractSpecificationMotivationRationaleBackwards CompatibilityAcknowledgementsCopyright Abstract This BIP proposes a new term for 'address' Specification The new term is: Bitcoin Invoice Address The Bitcoin and Address parts are optional. The address suffix should only be used as a transitional step. A Bitcoin Invoice Address is a string of characters that can be used to indicate the intended recipient and purpose of a transaction. Motivation Bitcoin addresses are intended to be only used once and you should generate a new one for every new incoming payment. The term 'address' however indicates consistency because nearly everything on the internet or the offline world with the t...