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Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Splitting BIPs
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Seems like a lot of effort and goodwill is being wasted on contention over
things we don't really need to agree upon. In order to help us better
prioritize, I propose adding an extra attribute to BIPs indicating their
"level" which is split into five as follows:

1. Consensus (hard/soft fork)
2. Peer Services
3. RPC
4. Implementations
5. Applications

I posted an example of what such a table might look like here: http://
blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html

If other folks also think this is a good idea I'll start working on a BIP
draft for this.

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<p dir=3D"ltr"><br>
Seems like a lot of effort and goodwill is being wasted on contention over =
things we don&#39;t really need to agree upon. In order to help us better p=
rioritize, I propose adding an extra attribute to BIPs indicating their &qu=
ot;level&quot; which is split into five as follows:</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">1. Consensus (hard/soft fork)<br>
2. Peer Services<br>
3. RPC<br>
4. Implementations<br>
5. Applications</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">I posted an example of what such a table might look like her=
e: http://<a href=3D"http://blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html">blockha=
wk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html</a></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">If other folks also think this is a good idea I&#39;ll start=
 working on a BIP draft for this.</p>

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