99 - Motivation and deployment of consensus rule changes ([soft/hard]forks)
BIP: 99 source Title: Motivation and deployment of consensus rule changes ([soft/hard]forks) Author: Jorge Timón Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0099 Status: Rejected Type: Informational Created: 2015-06-20 License: PD Post-History: http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-June/008936.html Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationDefinitionsTaxonomy of consensus forksAccidental consensus fork11/12 March 2013 Chain ForkUnilateral softforksSchism hardforksASIC-reset hardforkAnti-Block-creator hardforkAnti-cabal hardforkUncontroversial consensus upgradesUncontroversial softforksUncontroversial hardforksUncontroversial emergency hardforksCodeFootnotesAttributionCopyright Abstract This BIP attempts to create a taxonomy of the different types of consensus forks and proposes a deployment mechanism for each of them. Motivation The security assumptions of p2p consensus-based systems like Bitcoin...
123 - BIP Classification
BIP: 123 source Title: BIP Classification Author: Eric Lombrozo Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0123 Status: Active Type: Process Created: 2015-08-26 License: CC0-1.0 GNU-All-Permissive Table of ContentsAbstractCopyrightMotivationSpecification1. Consensus LayerSoft ForksHard Forks2. Peer Services Layer3. API/RPC Layer4. Applications LayerClassification of existing BIPs Abstract This document describes a classification scheme for BIPs. BIPs are classified by system layers with lower numbered layers involving more intricate interoperability requirements. The specification defines the layers and sets forth specific criteria for deciding to which layer a particular standards BIP belongs. Copyright This BIP is dual-licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal and GNU All-Permissive licenses. Motivation Bitcoin is a system involving a number of different standards. Some standards are abso...