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This was posted to the mailing list a couple of weeks ago.

I am submitting a new BIP following a discussion on the mailing list. Link: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-July/020812.html

Replaced the current implementation URL which gives an error 404. The new link is to the equivalent branch since the original named branch has been removed.

In this BIP is stated that the Bitcoin reference client caches (by default) 100 keys in a pool of reserve keys. As of late 2021, contemporary reference clients cache (by...

Proposed BIP modification

Improved the clarity of the "that candy cost me 2 bits" example to make it easier for people to understand the meaning of "2 bits." Corrected punctuation for "e.g.," and...

Proposed BIP modification

Signed messages must be displayed in , however for that to be possible, there must be a Message in the first place. This changes removes those requirements of BIP322 that...

Proposed BIP modification

In contrast to taproot_output_script, taproot_sign_key was not able to deal with a script_tree that is None. This commit fixes taproot_sign_key such that it can sign for such outputs. This commit...

Proposed BIP modification

Improves what is already in the spec, and adds TODOs for things I think need to be addressed.

Proposed BIP modification
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# BIP-85 Passwords Application number 707764' was chosen as follows: `b"pwd"` --> `[112, 119, 100]` ---to hex--> `707764` + make it hardened --> `707764'` ## Rationale Having ability to generate...

Proposed BIP modification

This adds documentation to BIP141 about which 1 byte push op codes are valid for segwit. This is needed because `OP_1NEGATE` is a 1 byte push op code, but is...