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<h1 class="page-heading">KIPs
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<p>Kaia Improvement Proposals (KIPs) describe standards for the Kaia platform, including core protocol specifications, client APIs, and contract standards. </p>

<h2>Contributing</h2>

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  <li>Review <a href="KIPs/kip-1">KIP-1</a>.</li>
  <li>Fork the <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/kaiachain/kips">repository</a> by clicking "Fork" in the top right.</li>
  <li>Add your KIP to the forked  repository. There is a <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/kaiachain/kips/blob/main/kip-template.md">template KIP here</a>.</li>
  <li>Submit a Pull Request to Kaia's <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/kaiachain/kips">KIPs repository</a>.</li>
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<b>Note:</b> 
We strongly recommend discussing KIP ideas with the community in the <a href="https://devforum.kaia.io/c/kips" target="_blank">Developer Forum - TBD</a> to collect feedback and validate ideas before submitting a Draft.

<h2>KIP status terms</h2>
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  <li><strong>Idea</strong> - An idea that is pre-draft. This is not tracked within the KIP Repository.</li>
  <li><strong>Draft</strong> - a KIP that is undergoing rapid iteration and changes.</li>
  <li><strong>Last Call</strong> - a KIP that is done with its initial iteration and ready for review by a wide audience for two weeks.</li>
  <li><strong>Accepted</strong> - a KIP that has been in ‘Last Call’ for at least 2 weeks, any technical changes that were requested have been addressed by the author, and finally get approved by the Kaia core developers.</li>
  <li><strong>Final</strong> - a KIP that has been released as a standard specification. If a Core KIP is in ‘Final’, its implementation has been included in at least one Kaia client.</li>
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