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BIP 325: Signet #803
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I'm eager for this. |
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These seem to be the editor criteria for BIPs, as seen in BIP-2:
If there's anything not in this list, lemme know. |
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I think the only question is whether it is actually Bitcoin... |
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Since it affects (in the "lets test our software thoroughly" sense) all Bitcoin software, I would say it is Bitcoin. I guess it depends on your definition of "Bitcoin" though? |
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Testnet is mentioned plenty of times in the BIPs. Is Testnet Bitcoin? |
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Documenting a standardized way to create test networks for Bitcoin applications seems like a wholly appropriate use of the BIPs repository. If that justification is not satisfactory to convince the BIPs editor that this proposed BIP should be merged, I'd suggest changing this document's type to "Informational". I've just skimmed BIP2 and it seems to me that pretty much anything can be published in that category. |
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I agree with @harding Worst case scenario: Change type to informational and merge But tbh I think this is fine as is. |
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Agree with @harding too. I think the "is this bitcoin" discussion is a valid point but also I think there's wide enough agreement that this deserves a BIP [as a testnet, not as a future course for bitcoin mainnet, ofc]. There's much more controversial ideas (for mainnet!) that got a BIP number. |
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looks at BIP100 onward Yup. We've had many more "is this Bitcoin?" BIPs merged with the intent of hardforking mainnet... so a BIP with the intent of creating a new testnet is definitely BIP-worthy imo. |
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Assigned BIP 325. |
kallewoof commentedJul 17, 2019
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This BIP describes Signet, a proposed new network for testing purposes.