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. CIPs do not represent a commitment of any form towards existing projects. Rather, they are a collection of sensible and sound solutions to common problems within the Cardano ecosystem. CIPs evolves around different statuses, driven by one or more authors:
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Draft | The idea has been formally accepted in the repository and is being worked on by its authors. |
| Proposed | A working implementation exists, as well as a clear plan highlighting what is required for this CIP to transition to "Active". |
| Active | The proposal is deemed to have met all the appropriate criteria to be considered Active. |
| On Hold | The CIP author is not currently working on this effort. |
| Obsolete | The CIP was either retired or made obsolete by a newer CIP. |
| Rejected | There is some issue with the CIP that makes it not acceptable at this point. |
It is therefore quite common for proposals and implementations to be worked on concomitantly. Even more so that a working implementation (when relevant) is a mandatory condition for reaching an Active status.
The entire process is described in greater detail in CIP1 - "CIP Process".
Reviewed Proposals
Last updated on 2022-08-02
💡 For more details about Statuses, refer to CIP1.
Proposals Under Review
Below are listed tentative CIPs still under discussion with the community. Discussions and progress will be reviewed by CIP editors in bi-weekly meetings held on Discord (invite), then transcribed and summarized here. Note that they are listed below for easing navigation and also tentatively allocating numbers to avoid clashes later on.
Last updated on 2022-08-02
Stalled / Waiting For Authors
The following list contains proposals that have been under review and for which actions are now awaiting updates of their original authors. Proposals that have been stalled for several months without any updates from their authors will be eventually closed. Authors are invited to re-open pull requests or open new ones should they want to bring back the discussion to life.
- On-Chain Token Metadata Standard
- Smart Contract Software Licenses
- collateral rewards
- Deep-Link to Desktop Wallet App
Last updated on 2022-08-02
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 and recorded: do join and participate for discussions/PRs of significance to you.
To facilitate browsing and information sharing for non-Github users, an auto-generated site is also provided at cips.cardano.org.
Current Editors
- Matthias Benkort (@KtorZ)
- (Duncan Coutts (@dcoutts))
- Sebastien Guillemot (@SebastienGllmt)
- Frederic Johnson (@crptmppt)
- Robert Phair (@rphair)