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 ## Criteria for acceptance of NIPs
-1. They should be implemented somewhere at least as a prototype somewhere.
+1. They should be implemented in at least one client and one relay -- when applicable.
 2. They should make sense.
-3. Other rules will be made up when necessary.
+3. They should be optional and backwards-compatible: care must be taken such that clients and relays that choose to not implement them do not stop working when interacting with the ones that choose to.
+4. Other rules will be made up when necessary.
 ## License

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70	## Criteria for acceptance of NIPs	70	## Criteria for acceptance of NIPs
71		71
72	1. They should be implemented somewhere at least as a prototype somewhere.	72	1. They should be implemented in at least one client and one relay -- when applicable.
73	2. They should make sense.	73	2. They should make sense.
74	3. Other rules will be made up when necessary.	74	3. They should be optional and backwards-compatible: care must be taken such that clients and relays that choose to not implement them do not stop working when interacting with the ones that choose to.
		75	4. Other rules will be made up when necessary.
75		76
76	## License	77	## License
77		78