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EIP

An Ethereum Improvement Proposal: a document describing a proposed technical change or standard.

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EIPs give the Ethereum community a shared format for discussing technical ideas. A proposal can cover protocol behavior, an interface or another standard, and its status tells you where it stands. Seeing an EIP number in a project announcement doesn't mean Ethereum has adopted the feature or that the proposal is final.

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“This uses a new EIP” sends you to the proposal’s status and specification, not straight to assuming every wallet already supports it.

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Ethereum Improvement Proposal

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