Cardano Improvement Proposals (CIPs)
Cardano Improvement Proposals (CIPs) describe standards, processes; or provide general guidelines or information to the Cardano Community. It is a formal, technical communication process that exists off-chain. The current process is described in details in CIP1 - "CIP Process".
Current CIPs (as of 2021-07-28)
| # | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP process | Active |
| 2 | Coin Selection Algorithms for Cardano | Draft |
| 3 | Wallet key generation | Draft |
| 4 | Wallet Checksums | Draft |
| 5 | Common Bech32 Prefixes | Draft |
| 6 | Stake Pool Extended Metadata | Draft |
| 7 | Curve Pledge Benefit | Draft |
| 8 | Message Signing | Draft |
| 9 | Protocol Parameters | Draft |
| 10 | Transaction Metadata Label Registry | Draft |
| 11 | Staking key chain for HD wallets | Draft |
| 12 | On-chain stake pool operator to delegates communication | Draft |
| 13 | Cardano URI Scheme | Draft |
| 14 | User-Facing Asset Fingerprint | Draft |
| 15 | Catalyst Registration Transaction Metadata Format | Draft |
| 16 | Cryptographic Key Serialisation Formats | Draft |
| 17 | Cardano Delegation Portfolio | Draft |
| 19 | Cardano Addresses | Active |
| 23 | Fair Min Fees | Draft |
| 24 | Non-Centralizing Rankings | Draft |
| 25 | NFT Metadata Standard | Draft |
| 1852 | HD (Hierarchy for Deterministic) Wallets for Cardano | Draft |
| 1853 | HD (Hierarchy for Deterministic) Stake Pool Cold Keys for Cardano | Draft |
| 1854 | Multi-signatures HD Wallets | Draft |
| 1855 | Forging policy keys for HD Wallets | Draft |
💡 For more details about Statuses, refer to CIP1.
CIP creation process as a Sequence Diagram
“Alice has a Cardano idea she'd like to build more formally…”
Extend or discuss ‘ideas’ in the Developer Forums, Cardano’s Official Developer Telegram Group or in #developers in Cardano Ambassadors Slack.
CIP Editors meetings are public, recorded and summarized: do join and participate for discussions/PRs of significances to you.
🛈 To facilitate browsing and information sharing for non-Github users, an auto-generated site is also provided at cips.cardano.org.