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BIP Proposal: Proof-of-Activity Reclamation (PoAR) A Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) to gradually reclaim provably abandoned UTXOs after 20 years of cryptographic inactivity. This restores lost value to the ecosystem by reintroducing coins into the mining reward schedule while preserving the 21 million BTC cap.

BIP: XXXX
Title: Proof-of-Activity Reclamation (PoAR)
Author: Donald Dienst [email protected]
Comments-Summary: A proposal to recycle provably inactive UTXOs after 20 years of inactivity
Status: Draft
Type: Standards Track
Created: 2025-07-09
License: BSD-2-Clause

Abstract