From 617db7a0fe36f898596f156c78cb846b1d62306a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Poinsot Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:49:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bip3: rename 'shareholder' to 'stakeholder' Shareholder refers to an individual or a legal entity owning a share of a company's share capital. Since the Bitcoin system is not a company, but different actors across the industry have a stake in its operation, i think the word "stakeholder" better conveys the intended meaning of the original author here. --- bip-0003.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bip-0003.md b/bip-0003.md index c82bd76a..2eea022c 100644 --- a/bip-0003.md +++ b/bip-0003.md @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ allows any community member to retain a complete copy of the archive easily. The BIPs repository is not a tool to track acceptance[^acceptance], adoption, or community consensus on BIPs, beyond providing a brief overview of BIP statuses (see [Workflow](#workflow) below) to the audience. There is no formal or informal decision body that governs Bitcoin development or decides acceptance of BIPs. Bitcoin -development emerges from the participation of shareholders across the ecosystem. +development emerges from the participation of stakeholders across the ecosystem. ## BIP Format and Structure From 5dcb2d46c9f4c036f71a0c7d0f766d91fe9f34f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Poinsot Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:54:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] bip3: link to ownership transfer section for complete->closed transition Reading from top to bottom, the passive voice "they become BIP's author or deputy" left me wondering how it would concretely work in practice. Link to the transferring ownership section for clarification. --- bip-0003.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bip-0003.md b/bip-0003.md index 2eea022c..9575bd2d 100644 --- a/bip-0003.md +++ b/bip-0003.md @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ to Closed unless the authors assert that they intend to continue work within fou BIPs that had attained the Complete status, i.e., that had been recommended for adoption, may be moved to Closed per the authors’ announcement to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List[^bip-announcements-to-list]. However, if someone volunteers to adopt the proposal -within four weeks, they become the BIP's author or deputy, and the BIP will +within four weeks, they become the BIP's author or deputy (see [Transferring BIP Ownership](#transferring-bip-ownership) below), and the BIP will remain Complete instead. ##### Deployed ↦ Closed