BIP 301 — Blind Merged Mining, Consensus layer

BIP 301 (Blind Merged Mining, Consensus layer) is the companion proposal to BIP 300, letting miners collect fees for securing drivechain sidechains without validating them or running their software, via commitments in the main chain. Repository status: Draft — not activated.

Debate relevance: Comes up inside drivechain debates: whether blind merged mining concentrates or dilutes miner power, and whether 'miners don't have to validate' is a feature or a hazard. Common misstatements: Citing BIP 301 as if it could function alone — it is designed to pair with BIP 300. Neither is activated.