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Decentralized Protocol Specifications — Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, Mining & Mesh

Free, machine-readable references for the open specifications behind a sovereign Bitcoin stack: Bitcoin BIPs & SLIPs, Lightning BOLTs, Nostr NIPs & event kinds, the Stratum mining protocol, and Meshtastic radio presets — grouped by protocol family.

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Open, decentralized systems run on open specifications — the documents that let independent software interoperate without a central authority. D-Central maintains free, machine-readable references for the ones that matter to a sovereign Bitcoiner: Bitcoin's BIPs and SLIPs, the Lightning BOLTs, Nostr's NIPs and event kinds, the Stratum mining protocol, and the Meshtastic radio presets. This hub gathers them in one place, grouped by protocol family — each a citable CSV / JSON + REST dataset under CC BY 4.0.

One place to look up any Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, mining or mesh specification — every reference is a free, filterable dataset, not just prose.

Bitcoin

The standards that define the Bitcoin protocol itself and the wallets built on it.

Bitcoin BIPs Reference212 Bitcoin Improvement Proposals by number, title, layer, type and status.SLIPs Reference25 SatoshiLabs Improvement Proposals — wallet & multicoin standards (SLIP-39 Shamir, SLIP-44 coin types).Soft-Fork Activation RegistryEvery consensus soft fork from P2SH to Taproot with activation mechanism, block height and date.Address Types & Derivation PathsWhy an address starts with 1 / 3 / bc1q / bc1p — type, BIP, derivation path and xpub prefix.

Lightning Network

The specifications that define Bitcoin's Lightning Network.

Lightning BOLTs ReferenceThe 11 Basis of Lightning Technology specs (BOLT 11 invoices, BOLT 12 Offers, channels, onion routing).

Nostr

The complete Nostr protocol data layer — specs, event kinds, and the software that speaks them.

Nostr NIPs Reference94 Nostr Implementation Possibilities with status and plain-English summaries.Nostr Event Kinds Reference174 defined event kinds with their NIP and NIP-01 storage class.Nostr Relay Implementations23 open-source relay servers by language, storage backend and license.Nostr Clients Comparison19 client apps across iOS, Android, web and desktop by platform and key model.

Mining protocols

How miners and pools talk to each other.

Stratum Error-Code ReferenceWhy a miner rejects shares — V1 reject codes 20-25 and V2 error reasons, each with cause and fix.Stratum V1 / V2 Support MatrixWhich pools and firmware support Stratum V1, V2 and template negotiation.

Mesh networking

Off-grid, license-free radio protocols.

Meshtastic LoRa Modem PresetsThe 9 named radio presets (Short Turbo to Long Slow) by bandwidth, spreading factor and range.

Every reference here is also in the Open Data Hub (all 54 datasets) and the machine-readable DCAT catalog. Free to use and cite under CC BY 4.0.

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Last reviewed June 20, 2026.