BIPs 18 and 52: remove broken links #1942

pull MozirDmitriy wants to merge 3 commits into bitcoin:master from MozirDmitriy:fix/broken-link changing 2 files +0 −8

MozirDmitriy commented at 6:39 AM on August 21, 2025: contributor

BIP 18: remove the outdated reference link to Gavin Andresen's pay_to_script_hash branch in the Bitcoin repository https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/tree/pay_to_script_hash

BIP 52: remove https://www.powx.org/opow - no alternative link found in google
bip52: remove broken links adc7ba458f
bip18: fix broken link 7135f052ee
jonatack added the label Link fix on Aug 21, 2025
in bip-0018.mediawiki:128 in 7135f052ee outdated
```
 124 | @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ This BIP only allows Bitcoin's Hash160 algorithm, but leaves open the possibilit
 125 |  
 126 |  ==Reference Implementation==
 127 |  
 128 | -https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/tree/pay_to_script_hash
 129 | +https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0016.mediawiki
```
jonatack commented at 8:55 PM on August 21, 2025:

Pinging BIP author @luke-jr for feedback on this change.

luke-jr commented at 9:02 PM on August 27, 2025:

This is another BIP, not an implementation...

MozirDmitriy commented at 2:20 PM on August 28, 2025:

Pinging BIP author @luke-jr for feedback on this change.

Then i will remove this broken link too, cause I couldn't find it anywhere on the internet.
jonatack commented at 8:57 PM on August 21, 2025: member

The changes in BIP52 look fine.

I'd prefer to have @luke-jr sign off on the BIP18 change.
Update bip-0018.mediawiki 0e95d7c05f
jonatack renamed this:
~~BIP18,52: fix broken links~~
BIPs 18 and 52: remove broken links
on Aug 28, 2025

in bip-0052.mediawiki:50 in 0e95d7c05f

  46 | @@ -44,8 +47,6 @@ mining rewards diminishes. oPoW is hardware-compatible with GPUs, FPGAs, and
  47 |  ASICs meaning that a transitional period of optical and traditional hardware
  48 |  mining in parallel on the network is feasible
  49 |  
  50 | -More information is available here: [https://www.powx.org/opow].
  51 | -
  52 |  == Abstract ==
  53 |

jonatack commented at 7:52 PM on April 15, 2026:

@MozirDmitriy This link (here and below) seems to be working again? https://www.powx.org/opow

jonatack commented at 3:31 PM on April 20, 2026: member

Thanks @MozirDmitriy, will cherry-pick your BIP18 update commit into a batched cleanup PR (the commit will remain credited to you).
jonatack closed this on Apr 20, 2026

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