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Name: Bitcoin Bips
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Author: claude-dev-suite

Bitcoin Bips

Bitcoin Improvement Proposals index, organized by topic. Active soft forks, wallet standards, network protocol, format standards. Pointers to canonical text and historical context. USE WHEN: looking up a BIP number, citing a standard, or understanding the relationship between related BIPs.

claude-dev-suite Updated Sep 8, 2026 28 repo stars

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BIP Index (topic-organized)

Canonical: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips. Each BIP's status: Draft → Proposed → Final / Active / Replaced / Withdrawn.

Process

BIP 1, 2 — BIP process itself.

HD wallets and key derivation

BIP 32 — Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets.
BIP 39 — Mnemonic seed phrase.
BIP 43 — Purpose field convention.
BIP 44 — Multi-account hierarchy (legacy P2PKH).
BIP 49 — Derivation for P2SH-P2WPKH (m/49'/0'/0').
BIP 84 — Derivation for native P2WPKH (m/84'/0'/0').
BIP 86 — Derivation for P2TR (m/86'/0'/0').
BIP 85 — Deterministic entropy from BIP32 (sub-seeds).

Output and address formats

BIP 13 — P2SH addresses (3...).
BIP 16 — P2SH consensus rule.
BIP 141, 143, 144, 145, 147 — SegWit family.
BIP 173 — Bech32 (segwit v0).
BIP 350 — Bech32m (segwit v1+).
BIP 380–385 — Output descriptor language.
BIP 389 — Multipath descriptors.

Taproot

BIP 340 — Schnorr signatures.
BIP 341 — Taproot output / key-path / script-path / merkle.
BIP 342 — Tapscript validation rules.

PSBT

BIP 174 — PSBT v0.
BIP 370 — PSBT v2.
BIP 371 — Taproot fields in PSBT.

Time locks and sequence

BIP 65 — OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY.
BIP 68 — Relative locktime via nSequence.
BIP 112 — OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY.
BIP 113 — MTP for nLockTime.

Mempool / replacement

BIP 125 — opt-in RBF.
BIP 152 — Compact block relay.
BIP 156 — Dandelion++.
BIP 157 — Compact block filter client.
BIP 158 — Compact block filter format.
BIP 331 — Package relay.
BIP 339 — wtxid relay.
BIP 431 — TRUC (v3) transactions.

Network / P2P

BIP 31 — pong message.
BIP 35 — mempool message.
BIP 37 — Connection bloom filtering (deprecated).
BIP 130 — sendheaders.
BIP 155 — addrv2 (Tor v3, I2P, CJDNS).
BIP 324 — Version-2 P2P transport encryption.
BIP 330 — Erlay (proposed).

Soft fork activation

BIP 8 — versionbits with lockinontimeout.
BIP 9 — versionbits.
BIP 34 — Block v2 (height in coinbase).
BIP 90 — Buried activation heights.

Wallet UX standards

BIP 21 — URI scheme bitcoin:address?amount=...&label=....
BIP 47 — Reusable Payment Codes (PayNyms).
BIP 78 — PayJoin.
BIP 137 — Generic message signing.
BIP 322 — Generic signed message format (modern).
BIP 329 — Wallet labels portability.
BIP 352 — Silent Payments.

Multi-party signatures

BIP 327 — MuSig2 (Schnorr key aggregation).

Hardware wallets

BIP 174 / 370 / 371 — PSBT (also covers HW signing).
BIP 388 — Wallet policies for HWs (Ledger, etc.).

Proposals (not active on mainnet)

BIP 119 — OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV).
BIP 118 — SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT / ANYPREVOUTANYSCRIPT.
BIP 300/301 — Hashrate Escrows / Drivechains.
BIP 345 — OP_VAULT, OP_VAULT_RECOVER.

Reading order for newcomers

BIP 32 → 39 → 84 → 174 (foundations of any wallet).
BIP 141/143/144 (SegWit).
BIP 340/341/342 (Taproot).
BIP 380–385 (descriptors).
BIP 327 (MuSig2) and BIP 322 (message signing).

Lookups

Repo: github.com/bitcoin/bips.
Master index file: README.mediawiki lists all BIPs with status.
Some BIPs are withdrawn or replaced; check status before citing.

---name: bitcoin-bipsdescription: Bitcoin Improvement Proposals index, organized by topic. Active soft forks, wallet standards, network protocol, format standards. Pointers to canonical text and historical context. USE WHEN: looking up a BIP number, citing a standard, or understanding the relationship between related BIPs.---# BIP Index (topic-organized)Canonical: `https://github.com/bitcoin/bips`. Each BIP's status:**Draft** → **Proposed** → **Final** / **Active** / **Replaced** /**Withdrawn**.## Process- **BIP 1, 2** — BIP process itself.## HD wallets and key derivation- **BIP 32** — Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets.- **BIP 39** — Mnemonic seed phrase.- **BIP 43** — Purpose field convention.- **BIP 44** — Multi-account hierarchy (legacy P2PKH).- **BIP 49** — Derivation for P2SH-P2WPKH (`m/49'/0'/0'`).- **BIP 84** — Derivation for native P2WPKH (`m/84'/0'/0'`).- **BIP 86** — Derivation for P2TR (`m/86'/0'/0'`).- **BIP 85** — Deterministic entropy from BIP32 (sub-seeds).## Output and address formats- **BIP 13** — P2SH addresses (`3...`).- **BIP 16** — P2SH consensus rule.- **BIP 141, 143, 144, 145, 147** — SegWit family.- **BIP 173** — Bech32 (segwit v0).- **BIP 350** — Bech32m (segwit v1+).- **BIP 380–385** — Output descriptor language.- **BIP 389** — Multipath descriptors.## Taproot- **BIP 340** — Schnorr signatures.- **BIP 341** — Taproot output / key-path / script-path / merkle.- **BIP 342** — Tapscript validation rules.## PSBT- **BIP 174** — PSBT v0.- **BIP 370** — PSBT v2.- **BIP 371** — Taproot fields in PSBT.## Time locks and sequence- **BIP 65** — `OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY`.- **BIP 68** — Relative locktime via nSequence.- **BIP 112** — `OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY`.- **BIP 113** — MTP for nLockTime.## Mempool / replacement- **BIP 125** — opt-in RBF.- **BIP 152** — Compact block relay.- **BIP 156** — Dandelion++.- **BIP 157** — Compact block filter client.- **BIP 158** — Compact block filter format.- **BIP 331** — Package relay.- **BIP 339** — wtxid relay.- **BIP 431** — TRUC (v3) transactions.## Network / P2P- **BIP 31** — pong message.- **BIP 35** — mempool message.- **BIP 37** — Connection bloom filtering (deprecated).- **BIP 130** — sendheaders.- **BIP 155** — addrv2 (Tor v3, I2P, CJDNS).- **BIP 324** — Version-2 P2P transport encryption.- **BIP 330** — Erlay (proposed).## Soft fork activation- **BIP 8** — versionbits with lockinontimeout.- **BIP 9** — versionbits.- **BIP 34** — Block v2 (height in coinbase).- **BIP 90** — Buried activation heights.## Wallet UX standards- **BIP 21** — URI scheme `bitcoin:address?amount=...&label=...`.- **BIP 47** — Reusable Payment Codes (PayNyms).- **BIP 78** — PayJoin.- **BIP 137** — Generic message signing.- **BIP 322** — Generic signed message format (modern).- **BIP 329** — Wallet labels portability.- **BIP 352** — Silent Payments.## Multi-party signatures- **BIP 327** — MuSig2 (Schnorr key aggregation).## Hardware wallets- **BIP 174 / 370 / 371** — PSBT (also covers HW signing).- **BIP 388** — Wallet policies for HWs (Ledger, etc.).## Proposals (not active on mainnet)- **BIP 119** — `OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY` (CTV).- **BIP 118** — `SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT` / `ANYPREVOUTANYSCRIPT`.- **BIP 300/301** — Hashrate Escrows / Drivechains.- **BIP 345** — `OP_VAULT`, `OP_VAULT_RECOVER`.## Reading order for newcomers1. BIP 32 → 39 → 84 → 174 (foundations of any wallet).2. BIP 141/143/144 (SegWit).3. BIP 340/341/342 (Taproot).4. BIP 380–385 (descriptors).5. BIP 327 (MuSig2) and BIP 322 (message signing).## Lookups- Repo: `github.com/bitcoin/bips`.- Master index file: `README.mediawiki` lists all BIPs with status.- Some BIPs are withdrawn or replaced; check status before citing.## See also- [consensus/SKILL.md](../consensus/SKILL.md)- [proposals/SKILL.md](../proposals/SKILL.md)- [psbt/SKILL.md](../psbt/SKILL.md)- [descriptors/SKILL.md](../descriptors/SKILL.md)

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