From 617db7a0fe36f898596f156c78cb846b1d62306a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Poinsot Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:49:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 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