Luke Dashjr declares forked BIP repository as official repository
Original headlineLuke Dashjr 宣称分叉的 BIP 仓库为官方仓库
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Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has declared the Bitcoin-specs/BIPs repository the "official" home of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals, though GitHub still labels it a fork of the original, active bitcoin/bips repository. In the new repo, Dashjr reinstated himself as BIP editor and changed the status of BIP-110—a proposal to temporarily limit arbitrary data in Bitcoin transactions—from "Closed" back to "Complete," while the original repository still lists it as "Closed" under a five-person editor roster that excludes him. The split follows Dashjr's removal as BIP editor in August, which he called unauthorized. The dispute matters because control over the BIP process shapes how protocol changes are documented and legitimized, and the two repositories now disagree on BIP-110's status. What to watch next is whether contributors, miners and node operators follow Dashjr's repo or the original, and whether BIP-110 advances toward activation.
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