📘 TIPS – TOPAY Improvement Proposals

TIPS (TOPAY Improvement Proposals) are design documents that describe standards, upgrades, or ideas for improving the TOPAY ecosystem. This repository serves as the central place for proposing and tracking protocol-level changes, community processes, and technical specifications.

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📌 What Are TIPS?

TIPS provide a structured way for developers and community members to suggest:

• Protocol changes
• Smart contract standards
• Governance rules
• Wallet formats and behavior
• Ecosystem guidelines

TIPS help keep the ecosystem open, transparent, and well-documented.

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📂 Types of TIPS

• Standards Track – Protocol-level improvements or consensus rules
• Process – Changes to governance, workflows, or TIPS rules
• Informational – Non-binding recommendations or design insights

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🛠 How to Submit a TIP

1. Fork this repo
2. Copy tips/_template.md to a new file named tips/tip-XXXX.md
3. Fill out all required sections
4. Open a Pull Request
5. Discuss with the community and maintainers
6. Once accepted, the TIP will be merged and assigned an official number

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📁 Repository Structure

tips/ # Contains all accepted and proposed TIPS ├── tip-0001.md # Example TIP └── _template.md # Template to use for new proposals

LICENSE # Apache 2.0 License README.md # This file

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

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🤝 Get Involved

Want to improve TOPAY? Open an issue or start a TIP!
For questions or suggestions, reach out via [community link or contact info].