Specs

BitsApp specifications (BAS in short) stand for BitsApp Implementation Specifications. Specs are written to provide open and accessible documentation for BitsApp implementation details.

• BAS-01: One-directional channels
• BAS-02: Expiring channel addresses
• BAS-03: Silent swaps
• BAS-04: Swap factories
• BAS-05: Swap initiation protocol
• BAS-06: Swap credit protocol
• BAS-07: Swap settlement protocol
• BAS-08: Swap statuses
• BAS-09: Payment statuses
• BAS-10: Interactive swap invoices
• BAS-11: Non-interactive swap invoices
• BAS-12: Permenant channel addresses
• BAS-13: Encumbered silent swaps
• BAS-14: Inbound swap settlement protocol
• BAS-15: Swap factory trees
• BAS-16: Swap settlement credits
• BAS-17: Channel backups
• BAS-18: Channel recovery
• BAS-19: Swap service
• BAS-20: Routing service
• BAS-21: Service provider federation

Onboarding

type	description	Status
BAS-01	One-directional channels	Draft
BAS-02	Expiring channel addresses	Draft

Message types

Client to Relay

type	description	NIP
EVENT	used to publish events	1
REQ	used to request events and subscribe to new updates	1
CLOSE	used to stop previous subscriptions	1

Relay to Client

type	description	NIP
EVENT	used to send events requested to clients	1
NOTICE	used to send human-readable messages to clients	1
EOSE	used to notify clients all stored events have been sent	15
OK	used to notify clients if an EVENT was successuful	20

Please update these lists when proposing NIPs introducing new event kinds.

When experimenting with kinds, keep in mind the classification introduced by NIP-16.

Criteria for acceptance of NIPs

1. They should be implemented in at least two clients and one relay -- when applicable.
2. They should make sense.
3. They should be optional and backwards-compatible: care must be taken such that clients and relays that choose to not implement them do not stop working when interacting with the ones that choose to.
4. There should be no more than one way of doing the same thing.
5. Other rules will be made up when necessary.

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