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@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ The BIP process begins with a new idea for Bitcoin. Each potential BIP must have
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Small enhancements or patches to a particular piece of software often don't require standardisation between multiple projects; these don't need a BIP and should be injected into the relevant project-specific development workflow with a patch submission to the applicable issue tracker.
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Additionally, many ideas have been brought forward for changing Bitcoin that have been rejected for various reasons.
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The first step should be to search past discussions to see if an idea has been considered before, and if so, what issues arose in its progression.
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After investigating past work, the best way to proceed is by posting about the new idea to the [https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-devBitcoin development mailing list].
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After investigating past work, the best way to proceed is by posting about the new idea to the [https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindevBitcoin development mailing list].
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Vetting an idea publicly before going as far as writing a BIP is meant to save both the potential author and the wider community time.
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Asking the Bitcoin community first if an idea is original helps prevent too much time being spent on something that is guaranteed to be rejected based on prior discussions (searching the internet does not always do the trick).
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It also helps to make sure the idea is applicable to the entire community and not just the author. Just because an idea sounds good to the author does not mean it will work for most people in most areas where Bitcoin is used.
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Once the champion has asked the Bitcoin community as to whether an idea has any chance of acceptance, a draft BIP should be presented to the [https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-devBitcoin development mailing list].
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Once the champion has asked the Bitcoin community as to whether an idea has any chance of acceptance, a draft BIP should be presented to the [https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindevBitcoin development mailing list].
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This gives the author a chance to flesh out the draft BIP to make it properly formatted, of high quality, and to address additional concerns about the proposal.
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Following a discussion, the proposal should be submitted to the [https://github.com/bitcoin/bips BIPs git repository] as a pull request.
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This draft must be written in BIP style as described below, and named with an alias such as "bip-johndoe-infinitebitcoins" until an editor has assigned it a BIP number (authors MUST NOT self-assign BIP numbers).
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