Meros Improvement Proposals (MIPs) are various standards meant to improve the Meros platform.
MIPs are separated into three different categories:
Hard Fork proposals introduce new consensus rules which will break compatibility with nodes which have yet to update.
Network proposals either add, remove, or modify network messages. They do not require nodes to update as Meros has a policy of supporting every protocol version since the last hard fork.
Application proposals do not change the consensus rules or network messages. Instead, they provide specifications to ensure compatibility between apps.
MIPs have the following statuses:
Proposals are formatted into several sections which thoroughly present the idea, the reasoning behind it, and its implementation. The sections are defined as follows:
The metadata section should contain the following:
MIP: Assigned MIP Number Title: Proposal Title Author(s): List of Authors Category: Proposal Category Created: Month Day, Year Status: Proposal Status
The implementation section is not required.
Every submitted proposal must include the following disclaimer.
Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.
This is in order to ensure that every proposal is to advance technology, not to solely benefit Meros or the original author.