Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] Re: Adding New BIP Editors

From: Chris Stewart <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:56:22 -0700 (PDT)

I agree with Tim's thoughts here.

I think Jon Atack, Reuben Somsen, Kanzure or Roasbeef would all make great 
candidates.

On Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 10:55:52 AM UTC-6 Tim Ruffing wrote:

> On Tue, 2024-02-27 at 17:40 -0500, Luke Dashjr wrote:
> > The hard part is evaluating 
> > if the new proposal meets the criteria - which definitely needs dev 
> > skills (mainly for technical soundness).
>
> I'm aware that checking technical soundness is in accordance with BIP2
> [1], but I believe that this is one of the main problems of the current
> process, and I can imagine that this is what eats the time of editors.
>
> I'd prefer a BIP process in which the editors merely check that the
> proposal is related to the Bitcoin ecosystem and meets some minimal
> formal criteria that we already enforce now (i.e., is a full self-
> contained document, has the required sections, etc...). This relieves
> the editors not just from the effort, but also from the responsibility
> to do so. Technical soundness should be evaluated by the audience of a
> BIP, not by the editor. 
>
> Best,
> Tim
>
>
> [1] BIP2 says: 
> "For each new BIP that comes in an editor does the following: 
>
> - Read the BIP to check if it is ready: sound and complete. The ideas
> must make technical sense, even if they don't seem likely to be
> accepted.
> [...]"
>

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