Resources Cardano Improvement Proposals
Cardano Improvement Proposals
CIPs are Cardano's open standards. Wallets, tokens, governance and the ledger are written down in them, discussed in public and kept on GitHub. These matter most for delegators and pool operators.
- CIP-1694On-chain governanceDReps, the Constitutional Committee and SPO votes — the rules behind BRIAN's governance pages.
- CIP-30dApp-wallet web bridgeHow a website asks a browser wallet to connect — the Connect wallet button here.
- CIP-95Web-wallet bridge for ConwayExtends CIP-30 so wallets can sign votes and governance actions.
- CIP-8Message signingProves you hold a wallet without a transaction — BRIAN's sign-in uses it.
- CIP-1852HD walletsHow one seed phrase turns into all the keys and addresses of a wallet.
- CIP-19Cardano addressesThe address types — payment, stake and the parts they are built from.
- CIP-6Stake pool extended metadataExtra pool details beyond the small on-chain metadata file.
- CIP-1853HD stake pool cold keysPool cold keys derived from a seed, for hardware wallets.
- CIP-9Protocol parametersWhat each protocol parameter means, from deposits to block size.
- CIP-100Governance metadataThe format for the rationale behind a vote; CIP-108 and CIP-119 extend it for actions and DReps.
- CIP-129Governance identifiersThe readable IDs for DReps, committee members and governance actions.
- CIP-105Conway key chainsThe wallet keys for DRep and committee roles.
- CIP-25NFT metadataThe original standard for NFT names, images and attributes.
- CIP-68Datum metadataToken metadata that smart contracts can read and update.
- CIP-1The CIP processHow a proposal is written, reviewed and merged — anyone can submit one.
Newest CIPs
The newest proposals load from the CIP repository on GitHub.
- cips.cardano.orgAll CIPs, readable and searchable.
- cardano-foundation/CIPs on GitHubWhere proposals are written and discussed.