BIPs bitcoin improvement proposals

21 - URI Scheme

BIP: 21 source Layer: Applications Title: URI Scheme Author: Nils Schneider Matt Corallo Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0021 Status: Final Type: Standards Track Created: 2012-01-29 This BIP is a modification of an earlier BIP 0020 by Luke Dashjr. BIP 0020 was based off an earlier document by Nils Schneider. The alternative payment amounts in BIP 0020 have been removed. Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationSpecificationGeneral rules for handling (important!)Operating system integrationGeneral FormatABNF grammarQuery KeysTransfer amountRationalePayment identifiers, not person identifiersAccessibility (URI scheme name)Forward compatibilityBackward compatibilityAppendixSimpler syntaxExamplesReference Implementation Abstract This BIP proposes a URI scheme for making Bitcoin payments. Motivation The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to easily make payments by simply clicking links on webp...

20 - URI Scheme

BIP: 20 source Layer: Applications Title: URI Scheme Author: Luke Dashjr Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0020 Status: Replaced Type: Standards Track Created: 2011-01-10 License: BSD-2-Clause BIP 0020 is based off an earlier document by Nils Schneider. And has been replaced by BIP 0021 Table of ContentsAbstractCopyrightMotivationSpecificationGeneral rules for handling (important!)Operating system integrationBNF grammarQuery KeysTransfer amount/sizeRationalePayment identifiers, not person identifiersAccessibility (URI scheme name)Forward compatibilityAppendixSimpler syntaxExamplesSending money via private keyReference ImplementationsBitcoin clientsParsing amountECMAScriptPythonC# Abstract This BIP proposes a URI scheme for making Bitcoin payments. Copyright This BIP is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license. Motivation The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to easily make payments by simply c...

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...