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BIP3: add guidance on originality, quality, LLMs
and soundness, and ensure it was proposed to the ML by one of the BIP authors
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the Bitcoin protocol, peer-to-peer network, and client software may be acceptable.
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BIPs are intended to be a means for proposing new protocol features, coordinating client standards, and
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documenting design decisions that have gone into implementations. BIPs may be submitted by anyone.
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documenting design decisions that have gone into implementations. A BIP may be submitted by anyone,
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provided it is the original work of its authors and the content is of high quality, e.g. does not waste
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the community's time. No content may be generated by AI/LLMs and authors must proactively disclose
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up-front any use of AI/LLMs.
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The scope of the BIPs
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repository is limited to BIPs that do not oppose the fundamental principle that Bitcoin constitutes a peer-to-peer
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For each new BIP pull request that comes in, an editor checks the following:
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* The idea has been previously discussed on the Bitcoin Development Mailing List
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* The idea has been previously proposed by one of the authors to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List and discussed there
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* The described idea is on-topic for the repository
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* Title accurately describes the content
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* Proposal is of general interest and/or pertains to more than one Bitcoin project/implementation
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* Motivation, Rationale, and Backward Compatibility have been addressed
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* Specification provides sufficient detail for implementation
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* The defined Layer header must be correctly assigned for the given specification
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* The BIP is ready: it is comprehensible, technically feasible, and all aspects are addressed as necessary
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* The BIP is ready: it is comprehensible, technically feasible and sound, and all aspects are addressed as necessary
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Editors do NOT evaluate whether the proposal is likely to be adopted.
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