Core Contributors & the BIP Process

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Who improves Bitcoin? Independent developers, reviewers, companies, and volunteers. Changes are proposed in public and adopted only when the ecosystem agrees.

Simple definitions:

  • •Core contributor: Anyone who proposes, reviews, or maintains Bitcoin code/documentation.
  • •BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal): A public document that explains a change or standard.
  • •Rough consensus: Broad agreement formed through open discussion and working code.
  • •Activation: The process the network uses to safely turn on a new feature (e.g., miner signaling, flag day).
Open Collaboration
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