Diving Into the Heart of BIP-177, Which Aims to Transform 1 Sat Into 1 BTC.

Forget the 21 million, this BIP proposes to talk about 2.1 quadrillion Bitcoins.

May 21, 2025

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BIP.

If you've been reading me long enough, this acronym probably rings a bell: BIP stands for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal.

A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) is a formal proposal to change Bitcoin. The BIP process organizes the Bitcoin community without a centralized leader. BIPs can propose changes to Bitcoin's consensus layer, community standards, o…

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