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If I understood correctly https://github.com/bitcoin/bips contains a list of change proposals that have been accepted as BIPs by the BIP editor?
Why are some of the numbers missing, for example 0155.mediawiki to 0158.mediawiki?
Why are some BIP numbers missing from BIPs list?
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- If I understood correctly https://github.com/bitcoin/bips contains a list of change proposals that have been accepted as BIPs by the BIP editor?
Correct.
- Why are some of the numbers missing, for example 0155.mediawiki to 0158.mediawiki?
They haven't been assigned yet. The BIP editor sometimes chooses to reserve a range of number for BIPs around a common theme. When a BIP is proposed matching that theme, it is given a number from the range. Other BIPs get numbers outside of the range.
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Because there is no central authority to assign numbers sequentially :)
1Well there is a BIP editor. – croraf – 2017-10-22T09:31:11.610
1Yes there is, the BIP editor assigns numbers. – Pieter Wuille – 2017-10-22T09:31:24.193
>This is a good idea, but as I see not employed that much. As in some other specs, editors should have used ranges 01xx, 02xx, 03xx... would be better :).
< – croraf – 2017-10-22T09:34:23.500
Is BIP editor a software or do you mean luke-jr? (serious question) – MCCCS – 2017-10-22T13:27:33.437
It's a person :) – croraf – 2017-10-22T17:15:14.540