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* Re: [bitcoin-dev] Reminder on the Purpose of BIPs
@ 2021-09-15  9:50 Prayank
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From: Prayank @ 2021-09-15  9:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: laanwj; +Cc: Bitcoin Dev

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> I like the idea of decentralizing the BIPs process. It is a historical artifact that the bips repository is part of the same organization that bitcoin core is part of. But there shouldn't be the perception that standardization is driven by that, or that there is any kind of (non-trivial) gatekeeping.

I had suggested few changes in BIP process and repository yesterday. Meeting was disappointing because of few reasons: 

1.Its been 12 years since Bitcoin came in to existence and I am surprised that during such important conversations I still see only 4 people out of which 2 are maintainers.

2.None of the people who participated in meeting agree that we need to create multiple BIP directories and let people decide what works best for them. Reduce dependency on one repository or few people. At the end of the day these are just proposals, implementations are more important and there are so many ways to document things online, archive etc.

Playing ACK/NACK game in 'bitcoin/bips' repository will be a waste of time so I created this as an example:

https://github.com/prayank23/bips/blob/master/README.md

https://prayank23.github.io/bips/

I respect everyone involved in Bitcoin development however neither I trust anyone nor I expect anyone to trust me. Bitcoin is not just another open source software. Its a protocol for decentralized network which can be used to settle payments. We are trying to redefine MONEY, many cypherpunks, activists, hacktivists, privacy advocates etc. are involved and trying to separate money from state. The same money that is needed for almost everything you do in this world from birth to death, love to war and same money that makes some people more powerful. So, I won't be surprised with anything in future and will be prepared for everything.

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Prayank

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* [bitcoin-dev] Proposed BIP editor: Kalle Alm
@ 2021-04-23  2:09 Luke Dashjr
  2021-04-23 15:34 ` Antoine Riard
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Luke Dashjr @ 2021-04-23  2:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion

Unless there are objections, I intend to add Kalle Alm as a BIP editor to 
assist in merging PRs into the bips git repo.

Since there is no explicit process to adding BIP editors, IMO it should be 
fine to use BIP 2's Process BIP progression:

> A process BIP may change status from Draft to Active when it achieves
> rough consensus on the mailing list. Such a proposal is said to have
> rough consensus if it has been open to discussion on the development
> mailing list for at least one month, and no person maintains any
> unaddressed substantiated objections to it.

A Process BIP could be opened for each new editor, but IMO that is 
unnecessary. If anyone feels there is a need for a new Process BIP, we can go 
that route, but there is prior precedent for BIP editors appointing new BIP 
editors, so I think this should be fine.

Please speak up soon if you disagree.

Luke


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2021-04-23  2:09 [bitcoin-dev] Proposed BIP editor: Kalle Alm Luke Dashjr
2021-04-23 15:34 ` Antoine Riard
2021-04-25 20:29   ` [bitcoin-dev] Reminder on the Purpose of BIPs Matt Corallo
2021-04-25 21:00     ` Luke Dashjr
2021-04-25 21:14       ` Matt Corallo
2021-04-25 21:22         ` Luke Dashjr
2021-04-25 21:31           ` Matt Corallo
2021-04-26 19:43             ` David A. Harding
2021-04-26 20:04               ` Greg Maxwell
2021-04-27 19:43                 ` Melvin Carvalho
2021-04-27  9:04               ` W. J. van der Laan
2021-04-27 11:49                 ` Erik Aronesty
2021-04-27 11:33               ` John Newbery
2021-04-27 12:16       ` Jorge Timón

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