It has become necessary to reclaim the BIP process from the current editorship. There are no defined processes, procedures, or rules for doing so.

I have created OpenBIPs to resolve the lack of a defined procedure.

I will serve as the initial BIP Editor, but I will remove my access by June 1st, 2021 or as soon as replacements have been appointed. During my tenure as BIP Editor, I intend to process PRs neutrally and fairly. In the interest of efficiency, should authors choose not to open their own PRs on OpenBIPs, I will pull and merge Taproot related patches to bitcoin/bips that have been ACK'd sufficiently by April 29th. My singular goal as editor of OpenBIPs is to ensure that the BIP repository's master branch is a canonical and unbiased source of information for the community.

Details of how OpenBIPs intends to select new editors can be found here:
https://github.com/JaimeCaring/OpenBIPs/blob/master/bip-0002.mediawiki#bip-editor-replacement-and-stewardship

If you are on the list of names below, you have been selected as a Steward to the process.

For some, this merits a congratulations. For others, it comes with my sincerest and deepest apologies. I have tried to make the OpenBIPs process accommodating for you to not have to participate should you so choose. It would be helpful if you do choose not to participate if you could do so explicitly by either naming a successor Steward or by explicitly noting that you will not participate at your earliest convenience.

@achow101 Andrew Chow
@ajtowns Anthony Towns
@dongcarl Carl Dong
@Empact Ben Woosley
@gmaxwell Gregory Maxwell
@harding David A. Harding
@hebasto Hennadii Stepanov
@instagibbs Gregory Sanders
@jnewbery John Newbery
@jonasschnelli Jonas Schnelli
@jonatack Jon Atack
@kallewoof kallewoof
@laanwj W. J. van der Laan
@MarcoFalke MarcoFalke
@morcos Alex Morcos
@practicalswift practicalswift (Thomas J)
@promag João Barbosa
@ryanofsky Russell Yanofsky
@sdaftuar Suhas Daftuar
@sipa Pieter Wuille
@Sjors Sjors Provoost
@TheBlueMatt Matt Corallo
@theuni Cory Fields

Stewards have the ultimate authority as defined via the OpenBIPs process, but the true ultimate authority rests with the community to accept this process. Stewards may make their decisions however they choose, and may even prefer to vote to restore OpenBIPs to the current governance structure and editorship of bitcoin/bips.

There was no pre-communication or planning among the above names before this action was taken. It is initiated as an individual effort. As such, please do not harass or otherwise abuse any of the above individuals if you consider this attempt at fixing the BIP process as contemptible. Any blame rests solely with myself. You should focus your criticisms on the "how, why, and when" as opposed to the "who".

Best,

@JaimeCaring