All sources indexed by the Bitcoin Knowledge Base, with document types, repositories, and search filter keys.
Specifications
The full set of BIPs from the bitcoin/bips repository. Each BIP is stored as a separate document with its full text, parsed from the mediawiki/markdown source files. Supports direct lookup by number (e.g., BIP-340) and cross-reference extraction (e.g., mentions of BIP-NNN in other documents).
Filter key: bip ·
Lookup: /bip/{number} ·
MCP tool: bkb_lookup_bip
The Lightning Network protocol specifications from lightning/bolts. Each BOLT is indexed as a document with full text. Cross-references to BOLTs found in other documents are extracted automatically.
Filter key: bolt ·
Lookup: /bolt/{number} ·
MCP tool: bkb_lookup_bolt
Optional Lightning extensions from lightning/blips. These are community-driven proposals that build on top of the BOLTs. Supports direct lookup and cross-referencing like BIPs and BOLTs.
Filter key: blip ·
Lookup: /blip/{number} ·
MCP tool: bkb_lookup_blip
LNURL protocol specifications from lnurl/luds. LUDs define a set of HTTP-based protocols for interacting with Lightning wallets and services, including LNURL-pay, LNURL-withdraw, LNURL-auth, and more. Supports direct lookup by number and cross-reference extraction (e.g., mentions of LUD-NN in other documents).
Filter key: lud ·
Lookup: /lud/{number} ·
MCP tool: bkb_lookup_lud
Cashu protocol specifications from cashubtc/nuts. NUTs define the Cashu ecash protocol for Bitcoin, including minting, melting, token serialization, and Lightning integration. Supports direct lookup by number and cross-reference extraction (e.g., mentions of NUT-NN in other documents).
Filter key: nut ·
Lookup: /nut/{number} ·
MCP tool: bkb_lookup_nut
Mailing Lists
Messages from the bitcoin-dev (formerly bitcoindev) mailing list, the primary venue for Bitcoin protocol discussion. Ingested from the Google Groups archive. Covers proposals, protocol changes, soft fork discussions, and more.
Filter key: mailing_list_msg ·
Filter by source: source_repo not applicable (use author/date filters)
The archived lightning-dev mailing list from the Linux Foundation. Contains Lightning Network protocol discussions, proposals, and design debates. Ingested from the mail-archive.com mirror.
Filter key: mailing_list_msg
Discussion Forums
Topics and posts from the technically relevant boards of BitcoinTalk, the oldest and largest Bitcoin discussion forum. Includes Bitcoin Discussion, Development & Technical Discussion, Bitcoin Technical Support, Project Development, Mining, and Economics. Contains historically significant discussions including Satoshi's original posts.
Filter keys: bitcointalk_topicbitcointalk_post
Board 1: Bitcoin Discussion
Board 6: Dev & Technical
Board 4: Technical Support
Board 12: Project Development
Board 14: Mining
Board 7: Economics
Topics and posts from delvingbitcoin.org, the Discourse-based forum for technical Bitcoin discussion. Topics are indexed as top-level documents; individual posts are stored separately with linkage to their parent topic. Covers covenant proposals, mempool policy, protocol research, and implementation discussions.
Filter keys: delving_topicdelving_post
Bitcoin Optech
Weekly newsletters from Bitcoin Optech that summarize notable developments across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Each newsletter is indexed as a full document with concept tagging. Optech coverage often links to BIPs, BOLTs, PRs, and mailing list threads — these cross-references are extracted automatically.
Filter key: optech_newsletter
Optech's curated topic pages, each providing a summary and link collection for a specific Bitcoin/Lightning concept (e.g., Taproot, channel jamming, PTLCs). These also feed the concept vocabulary used for automatic tagging across all sources.
Filter key: optech_topic
Longer-form Optech blog posts, field reports, and special series (e.g., "Preparing for Taproot", compatibility matrices).
Filter key: optech_blog
