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From: Matt Corallo <lf-lists@mattcorallo.com>
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:33:53 -0700
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To: Karl-Johan Alm <karljohan-alm@garage.co.jp>,
	Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Is Signet Bitcoin?
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Indeed, Signet is no less (or more) Bitcoin than a seed format or BIP 32. It=
=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cnot Bitcoin=E2=80=9D but it=E2=80=99s certainly =E2=80=9C=
interoperability for how to build good testing for Bitcoin=E2=80=9D.

> On Oct 14, 2019, at 19:55, Karl-Johan Alm via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lis=
ts.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFHello,
>=20
> The pull request to the bips repository for Signet has stalled, as the
> maintainer isn't sure Signet should have a BIP at all, i.e. "is Signet
> Bitcoin?".
>=20
> My argument is that Signet is indeed Bitcoin and should have a BIP, as
> this facilitates the interoperability between different software in
> the Bitcoin space.
>=20
> Feedback welcome, here or on the pull request itself:
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/803
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