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Subject: [bitcoin-dev]  [BIP Draft] Decentralized Improvement Proposals
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In an attempt to reduce developer centralization, and to reduce the risk
of forks introduced by implementation other than bitcoin-core, I have
drafted a BIP to support changes to the protocol from different
implementations.

The BIP can be found at:
https://github.com/tomasvdw/bips/blob/master/decentralized-improvement-proposals.mediawiki

I believe this BIP could mitigate the risk of forks, and decentralize
the development of the protocol.

If you consider the proposal worthy of discussion, please assign a
BIP-number.

Regards,
Tomas van der Wansem