Collaborative Standardization for the Future of Bitcoin

Welcome to the Bitcoin Request for Comments (BRC) repository – a platform dedicated to the continual development and standardization of Bitcoin. Our repository is open to developers who have ideas on how to standardize the way applications interact and how transactions can be formed for specific known use cases.

Market Driven Standardization

Our mission is to encourage discussion and iterative improvement of proposals and to provide a seed area for the Technical Standards Committee (TSC) where there is zero barrier to entry for making an initial proposal or adding to an existing one. We believe in promoting proposals that prove popular in the market, as they mature into de facto standards and become TSC recommendations.

Open to all: The BRC repository is open to all developers, providing a zero-barrier platform for proposals and discussion.

Incremental improvement: Proposals are incrementally improved within the bounds of the Bitcoin protocol, resulting in de facto standards over time.

High-quality discussion: Our administration facilitates high-quality discussion across the ecosystem, ensuring the repository remains a valuable public square for the sharing of ideas.

The Standards Repo

To facilitate engagement and usage, we've chosen GitHub for capturing public submissions, and our administration is set up to facilitate high-quality discussion across the ecosystem long into the future. Our goal is to become a public square for discussion and sharing of ideas, best implemented as an ecosystem.

Areas of Interest

Examples of proposals we're looking for to populate the repository include scripts, multi-signature, token types, state machine event chains, and key generation algorithms. We also welcome proposals for improved payment protocols, wallet APIs, and peer-to-peer APIs.

  • The Key to Better Security

    Key derivation algorithms are critical to Bitcoin's security. Explore the latest proposals for improving key generation, including BIP32 and WP42, and learn about their potential impact on the Bitcoin network's security and usability.

  • Breaking Down Token Types

    Explore the concept of tokens in Bitcoin, and learn about different types, including non-transferrable, single-use, transferrable, and multi-use. Discover their applications and explore new proposals for token types that could change the way we interact with Bitcoin. Click here to dive in.

  • Powerful Payment Protocols

    Discover the latest proposals for improved payment protocols that aim to make Bitcoin transactions faster, more secure, and more accessible. Learn about the benefits of using a strict SPV standard and how UTXO lookup services can improve user experience.

  • Maximizing Bitcoin's Potential with Scripts

    Scripts are an essential tool for executing smart contracts and creating complex transactions on the Bitcoin network. Explore the latest proposals for improving script functionality, including multi-signature scripts, pay-to-R-puzzle hash, and more.

  • Transaction Output Storage and Synchronization

    TXO Map proposals aim to create a standard way of storing transaction outputs across different client applications to improve interoperability and accounting. Learn about potential benefits, proposed structures, and how it could revolutionize UTXO backup.

  • The Key to Better Security

    Key derivation algorithms are critical to Bitcoin's security. Explore the latest proposals for improving key generation, including BIP32 and WP42, and learn about their potential impact on the Bitcoin network's security and usability.

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