Plutus-Related CIPs

This page lists all Cardano Improvement Proposals (CIPs) that are substantially related to Plutus smart contract platform, including core language features, builtin functions, and infrastructure improvements.

CIP	Description	Status
031	Reference inputs - Allows looking at outputs without spending them, crucial for Plutus validators	Active
032	Inline datums - Allows datums to be attached directly to outputs instead of datum hashes	Active
033	Reference scripts - Allows scripts to be attached to outputs for reuse without including in transactions	Active
035	Changes to Plutus Core - Defines the process for proposing changes to Plutus Core, its builtins, and ledger interface	Active
040	Collateral Output - Addresses collateral requirements for Plutus smart contract execution	Active
042	New Plutus Builtin serialiseData - Adds builtin for serializing BuiltinData to BuiltinByteString	Active
049	ECDSA and Schnorr signatures in Plutus Core - Adds cryptographic signature verification builtins	Active
057	Plutus Contract Blueprint - Machine-readable specification for documenting Plutus contracts	Active
058	Plutus Bitwise Primitives - Superseded by CIP-121 and CIP-122	Inactive
068	Datum Metadata Standard - Token metadata standard using output datums, mentions "inspectable metadata from within Plutus validators"	Proposed
069	Script Signature Unification - Unifies script signature handling across different script types	Active
085	Sums-of-products in Plutus Core - Adds algebraic data type support to Plutus Core	Active
091	Don't force Built-In functions - Optimization for builtin function evaluation	Proposed
101	Integration of keccak256 into Plutus - Adds Keccak-256 hash function builtin	Proposed
109	Modular Exponentiation Built-in for Plutus Core - Adds modular exponentiation builtin	Proposed
110	Plutus v1 Script References - Enables reference scripts for PlutusV1	Active
112	Observe Script Type - Allows scripts to observe their own type during execution	Proposed
117	Explicit script return values - Improves script return value handling	Active
121	Integer-ByteString conversions - Adds integer to bytestring conversion builtins	Active
122	Logical operations over BuiltinByteString - Adds bitwise logical operations	Active
123	Bitwise operations over BuiltinByteString - Bitwise shift and rotation operations	Active
127	ripemd-160 hashing in Plutus Core - Adds RIPEMD-160 hash function builtin	Active
132	New Plutus Builtin dropList - Adds dropList builtin function	Proposed
133	Plutus support for Multi-Scalar Multiplication over BLS12-381 - Adds BLS12-381 multi-scalar multiplication	Proposed
138	Plutus Core Builtin Type - Array - Adds Array as a builtin type	Proposed
141	Web-Wallet Bridge - Plutus wallets - Wallet bridge specification specifically for Plutus-enabled wallets	Proposed
152	Modules in UPLC - Introduces module system to Untyped Plutus Core	Proposed
153	Plutus Core Builtin Type - MaryEraValue - Adds MaryEraValue as a builtin type	Proposed
156	Plutus Core Builtin Function - multiIndexArray - Adds multi-dimensional array indexing builtin	Proposed
381	Plutus support for Pairings over BLS12-381 - Adds elliptic curve pairing operations for cryptography	Active