Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Initially proposed and described by Amir Takir in 2011, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) now refers to any proposal submitted by developers to be used to improve Bitcoin either through new features, parameter changes or bug fixes.
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