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From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Ordinals BIP PR
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 10:38:01PM -0700, Casey Rodarmor via bitcoin-dev wr=
ote:
> Dear List,
>=20
> The Ordinals BIP PR has been sitting open for nine months now[0]. I've
> commented a few times asking the BIP editors to let me know what is needed
> for the BIP to either be merged or rejected. I've also reached out to the
> BIP editors via DM and email, but haven't received a response.
>=20
> There has been much misunderstanding of the nature of the BIP process.
> BIPS, in particular informational BIPs, are a form of technical
> documentation, and their acceptance does not indicate that they will be
> included in any implementation, including Bitcoin Core, nor that they they
> have consensus among the community.
>=20
> Preexisting BIPs include hard-fork block size increases, hard-fork
> proof-of-work changes, colored coin voting protocols, rejected soft fork
> proposals, encouragement of address reuse, and drivechain.
I have _not_ requested a BIP for OpenTimestamps, even though it is of much
wider relevance to Bitcoin users than Ordinals by virtue of the fact that m=
uch
of the commonly used software, including Bitcoin Core, is timestamped with =
OTS.
I have not, because there is no need to document every single little protoc=
ol
that happens to use Bitcoin with a BIP.
Frankly we've been using BIPs for too many things. There is no avoiding the=
act
that BIP assignment and acceptance is a mark of approval for a protocol. Th=
us
we should limit BIP assignment to the minimum possible: _extremely_ widespr=
ead
standards used by the _entire_ Bitcoin community, for the core mission of
Bitcoin.
It's notable that Lightning is _not_ standardized via the BIP process. I th=
ink
that's a good thing. While it's arguably of wide enough use to warrent BIPs,
Lightning doesn't need the approval of Core maintainers, and using their
separate BOLT process makes that clear.
--=20
https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
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