BIPs bitcoin improvement proposals

374 - Discrete Log Equality Proofs

BIP: 374 source Layer: Applications Title: Discrete Log Equality Proofs Author: Andrew Toth Ruben Somsen Sebastian Falbesoner Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0374 Status: Draft Type: Standards Track License: BSD-2-Clause Created: 2024-12-26 Post-History: https://gist.github.com/andrewtoth/df97c3260cc8d12f09d3855ee61322ea https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/MezoKV5md7s Table of ContentsIntroductionAbstractCopyrightMotivationSpecificationDescriptionDLEQ Proof GenerationDLEQ Proof VerificationBackwards CompatibilityTest Vectors and Reference CodeChangelogFootnotesAcknowledgements Introduction Abstract This document proposes a standard for 64-byte zero-knowledge discrete logarithm equality proofs (DLEQ proofs) over an elliptic curve. For given elliptic curve points A, B, C, G, and a scalar a known only to the prover where A = a⋅G and C = a⋅B, the prover proves knowledge of a without revealing a...

352 - Silent Payments

BIP: 352 source Layer: Applications Title: Silent Payments Author: josibake Ruben Somsen Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0352 Status: Proposed Type: Standards Track Created: 2023-03-09 License: BSD-2-Clause Post-History: 2022-03-13: https://gist.github.com/RubenSomsen/c43b79517e7cb701ebf77eec6dbb46b8 [gist] Original proposal 2022-03-28: https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/CAPv7TjbXm953U2h+-12MfJ24YqOM5Kcq77_xFTjVK+R2nf-nYg@mail.gmail.com/ [bitcoin-dev] Silent Payments – Non-interactive private payments with no on-chain overhead 2022-10-11: https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/P_21MLHGJicZ-hkbC4DGu86c5BtNKiH8spY4TOw5FJsfimdi_6VyHzU_y-s1mZsOcC2FA3EW_6w6W5qfV9dRK_7AvTAxDlwVfU-yhWZPEuo=@protonmail.com/ [bitcoin-dev] Silent Payment v4 (coinjoin support added) 2023-08-04: https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/ZM03twumu88V2NFH@petertodd.org/ [bitcoin-dev] BIP-352 Silent Payments addresses should ...

2 - BIP process, revised

BIP: 2 source Title: BIP process, revised Author: Luke Dashjr Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0002 Status: Active Type: Process Created: 2016-02-03 License: BSD-2-Clause OPL Replaces: 1 Table of ContentsAbstractCopyrightBIP workflowTransferring BIP OwnershipBIP EditorsBIP Editor Responsibilities & WorkflowBIP format and structureSpecificationBIP header preambleAuxiliary FilesBIP typesBIP status fieldSpecificationProgression to Final statusRationaleBIP commentsSpecificationRationaleBIP licensingSpecificationRecommended licensesNot recommended, but acceptable licensesNot acceptable licensesRationaleChanges from BIP 1See Also Abstract A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) is a design document providing information to the Bitcoin community, or describing a new feature for Bitcoin or its processes or environment. The BIP should provide a concise technical specification of the feature and a ratio...