Welcome to the first in what I hope to be a continuing series on BIPs. In an effort to better understand them myself, I will be reading and summarizing for others here

Today, BIP 1: BIP Purpose and Guidelines.

BIP 1 defines and describes what a BIP is and the process around their creation and subsequent lifecycle.

While much of it is self-explanatory, especially for those familiar with formal RFC processes, some points I thought were interesting include the guideline for the “BIP Editor” role, held by nostr:npub1lh273a4wpkup00stw8dzqjvvrqrfdrv2v3v4t8pynuezlfe5vjnsnaa9nk at the time, and the strict adherence to the BIP format.

Stay tuned for BIP 2, a follow-on to BIP 1.