Excellent evening with the Mrs. After some tasty baos and kimchi fried rice, we stumbled into an expansive used book store where I found the only copy of Mandibles, something I’ve been looking to get without having to buy from Amazon or B&N. Next door at a vintage record shop I scooped up an original Nirvana Uplugged New York cassette. 100K all day and Satoshi is smiling on me. Telling myself remember to stay humble.

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 @Luke Dashjr at the time, and the strict adherence to the BIP format. Stay tuned for BIP 2, a follow-on to BIP 1.