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BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core:

* [`BIP 9`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawiki): The changes allowing multiple soft-forks to be deployed in parallel have been implemented since **v0.12.1**  ([PR #7575](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7575))
* [`BIP 11`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0011.mediawiki): Multisig outputs are standard since **v0.6.0** ([PR #669](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/669)).
* [`BIP 13`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0013.mediawiki): The address format for P2SH addresses has been implemented since **v0.6.0** ([PR #669](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/669)).
* [`BIP 14`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0014.mediawiki): The subversion string is being used as User Agent since **v0.6.0** ([PR #669](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/669)).
* [`BIP 16`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0016.mediawiki): The pay-to-script-hash evaluation rules have been implemented since **v0.6.0**, and took effect on *April 1st 2012* ([PR #748](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/748)).
* [`BIP 21`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0021.mediawiki): The URI format for Bitcoin payments has been implemented since **v0.6.0** ([PR #176](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/176)).
* [`BIP 22`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0022.mediawiki): The 'getblocktemplate' (GBT) RPC protocol for mining has been implemented since **v0.7.0** ([PR #936](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/936)).
* [`BIP 23`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0023.mediawiki): Some extensions to GBT have been implemented since **v0.10.0rc1**, including longpolling and block proposals ([PR #1816](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1816)).
* [`BIP 30`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0030.mediawiki): The evaluation rules to forbid creating new transactions with the same txid as previous not-fully-spent transactions were implemented since **v0.6.0**, and the rule took effect on *March 15th 2012* ([PR #915](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/915)).
* [`BIP 31`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0031.mediawiki): The 'pong' protocol message (and the protocol version bump to 60001) has been implemented since **v0.6.1** ([PR #1081](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1081)).
* [`BIP 32`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki): Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets has been implemented since **v0.13.0** ([PR #8035](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8035)).
* [`BIP 34`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0034.mediawiki): The rule that requires blocks to contain their height (number) in the coinbase input, and the introduction of version 2 blocks has been implemented since **v0.7.0**. The rule took effect for version 2 blocks as of *block 224413* (March 5th 2013), and version 1 blocks are no longer allowed since *block 227931* (March 25th 2013) ([PR #1526](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1526)).
* [`BIP 35`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0035.mediawiki): The 'mempool' protocol message (and the protocol version bump to 60002) has been implemented since **v0.7.0** ([PR #1641](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1641)). As of **v0.13.0**, this is only available for `NODE_BLOOM` (BIP 111) peers.
* [`BIP 37`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0037.mediawiki): The bloom filtering for transaction relaying, partial Merkle trees for blocks, and the protocol version bump to 70001 (enabling low-bandwidth SPV clients) has been implemented since **v0.8.0** ([PR #1795](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1795)). Disabled by default since **v0.19.0**, can be enabled by the `-peerbloomfilters` option.
* [`BIP 42`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0042.mediawiki): The bug that would have caused the subsidy schedule to resume after block 13440000 was fixed in **v0.9.2** ([PR #3842](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3842)).
* [`BIP 43`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0043.mediawiki): The experimental descriptor wallets introduced in **v0.21.0** by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 43. ([PR #16528](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16528))
* [`BIP 44`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawiki): The experimental descriptor wallets introduced in **v0.21.0** by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 44. ([PR #16528](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16528))
* [`BIP 49`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0049.mediawiki): The experimental descriptor wallets introduced in **v0.21.0** by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 49. ([PR #16528](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16528))
* [`BIP 61`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0061.mediawiki): The 'reject' protocol message (and the protocol version bump to 70002) was added in **v0.9.0** ([PR #3185](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3185)). Starting **v0.17.0**, whether to send reject messages can be configured with the `-enablebip61` option, and support is deprecated (disabled by default) as of **v0.18.0**. Support was removed in **v0.20.0** ([PR #15437](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15437)).
* [`BIP 65`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki): The CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY softfork was merged in **v0.12.0** ([PR #6351](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6351)), and backported to **v0.11.2** and **v0.10.4**. Mempool-only CLTV was added in [PR #6124](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6124).
* [`BIP 66`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0066.mediawiki): The strict DER rules and associated version 3 blocks have been implemented since **v0.10.0** ([PR #5713](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/5713)).
* [`BIP 68`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0068.mediawiki): Sequence locks have been implemented as of **v0.12.1**  ([PR #7184](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7184)), and have been *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
* [`BIP 70`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki) [`71`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0071.mediawiki) [`72`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0072.mediawiki):
  Payment Protocol support has been available in Bitcoin Core GUI since **v0.9.0** ([PR #5216](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/5216)).
  Support can be optionally disabled at build time since **v0.18.0** ([PR 14451](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14451)),
  and it is disabled by default at build time since **v0.19.0** ([PR #15584](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15584)).
  It has been removed as of **v0.20.0** ([PR 17165](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17165)).
* [`BIP 84`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0084.mediawiki): The experimental descriptor wallets introduced in **v0.21.0** by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 84. ([PR #16528](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16528))
* [`BIP 86`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0086.mediawiki): Descriptor wallets by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 86 since **v23.0** ([PR #22364](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22364)).
* [`BIP 90`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0090.mediawiki): Trigger mechanism for activation of BIPs 34, 65, and 66 has been simplified to block height checks since **v0.14.0** ([PR #8391](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8391)).
* [`BIP 111`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0111.mediawiki): `NODE_BLOOM` service bit added, and enforced for all peer versions as of **v0.13.0** ([PR #6579](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6579) and [PR #6641](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6641)).
* [`BIP 112`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki): The CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY opcode has been implemented since **v0.12.1** ([PR #7524](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7524)), and has been *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
* [`BIP 113`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0113.mediawiki): Median time past lock-time calculations have been implemented since **v0.12.1** ([PR #6566](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6566)), and has been *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
* [`BIP 125`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0125.mediawiki): Opt-in full replace-by-fee signaling partially implemented. See doc/policy/mempool-replacements.md.
* [`BIP 130`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0130.mediawiki): direct headers announcement is negotiated with peer versions `>=70012` as of **v0.12.0** ([PR 6494](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6494)).
* [`BIP 133`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0133.mediawiki): feefilter messages are respected and sent for peer versions `>=70013` as of **v0.13.0** ([PR 7542](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7542)).
* [`BIP 141`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawiki): Segregated Witness (Consensus Layer) as of **v0.13.0** ([PR 8149](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8149)), defined for mainnet as of **v0.13.1** ([PR 8937](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8937)), and *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
* [`BIP 143`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0143.mediawiki): Transaction Signature Verification for Version 0 Witness Program as of **v0.13.0** ([PR 8149](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8149)), defined for mainnet as of **v0.13.1** ([PR 8937](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8937)), and *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
* [`BIP 144`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0144.mediawiki): Segregated Witness as of **0.13.0** ([PR 8149](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8149)).
* [`BIP 145`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0145.mediawiki): getblocktemplate updates for Segregated Witness as of **v0.13.0** ([PR 8149](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8149)).
* [`BIP 147`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0147.mediawiki): NULLDUMMY softfork as of **v0.13.1** ([PR 8636](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8636) and [PR 8937](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8937)), *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
* [`BIP 152`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0152.mediawiki): Compact block transfer and related optimizations are used as of **v0.13.0** ([PR 8068](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8068)).
* [`BIP 155`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0155.mediawiki): The 'addrv2' and 'sendaddrv2' messages which enable relay of Tor V3 addresses (and other networks) are supported as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 19954](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19954)).
* [`BIP 157`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0157.mediawiki)
  [`158`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0158.mediawiki): Compact Block Filters for Light Clients can be indexed as of **v0.19.0** ([PR #14121](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14121)) and served to peers on the P2P network as of **v0.21.0** ([PR #16442](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16442)).
* [`BIP 159`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0159.mediawiki): The `NODE_NETWORK_LIMITED` service bit is signalled as of **v0.16.0** ([PR 11740](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11740)), and such nodes are connected to as of **v0.17.0** ([PR 10387](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10387)).
* [`BIP 173`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki): Bech32 addresses for native Segregated Witness outputs are supported as of **v0.16.0** ([PR 11167](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11167)). Bech32 addresses are generated by default as of **v0.20.0** ([PR 16884](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16884)).
* [`BIP 174`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0174.mediawiki): RPCs to operate on Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) are present as of **v0.17.0** ([PR 13557](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13557)).
* [`BIP 176`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0176.mediawiki): Bits Denomination [QT only] is supported as of **v0.16.0** ([PR 12035](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12035)).
* [`BIP 324`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0324.mediawiki): The v2 transport protocol specified by BIP324 and the associated `NODE_P2P_V2` service bit are supported as of **v26.0**, but off by default ([PR 28331](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28331)).
* [`BIP 325`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0325.mediawiki): Signet test network is supported as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 18267](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18267)).
* [`BIP 339`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0339.mediawiki): Relay of transactions by wtxid is supported as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 18044](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18044)).
* [`BIP 340`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0340.mediawiki)
  [`341`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0341.mediawiki)
  [`342`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0342.mediawiki):
  Validation rules for Taproot (including Schnorr signatures and Tapscript
  leaves) are implemented as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 19953](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19953)),
  with mainnet activation as of **v0.21.1** ([PR 21377](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21377),
  [PR 21686](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21686)).
* [`BIP 350`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0350.mediawiki): Addresses for native v1+ segregated Witness outputs use Bech32m instead of Bech32 as of **v22.0** ([PR 20861](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/20861)).
* [`BIP 371`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0371.mediawiki): Taproot fields for PSBT as of **v24.0** ([PR 22558](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22558)).
* [`BIP 380`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0380.mediawiki)
  [`381`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0381.mediawiki)
  [`382`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0382.mediawiki)
  [`383`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0383.mediawiki)
  [`384`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0384.mediawiki)
  [`385`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0385.mediawiki):
  Output Script Descriptors, and most of Script Expressions are implemented as of **v0.17.0** ([PR 13697](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13697)).
* [`BIP 386`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0386.mediawiki): tr() Output Script Descriptors are implemented as of **v22.0** ([PR 22051](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22051)).