BIP 2 — BIP process, revised, Luke Dashjr

BIP 2 (BIP process, revised, Luke Dashjr) replaced BIP 1 as the governing description of the BIP workflow, adding licensing requirements and refining status transitions. It was itself replaced in 2025 by BIP 3 (Updated BIP Process), and now carries repository status Closed.

Debate relevance: Cited in governance debates about how proposals advance and what 'Final' historically meant. Useful for dating claims: statements about BIP statuses made before the 2025 process update use a different vocabulary than the current repository. Common misstatements: Quoting BIP 2's status ladder (Draft/Proposed/Final/Active) as if it were current — the repository migrated to BIP 3's statuses (Draft, Complete, Deployed, Closed).