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+> [!WARNING]
+> The Tangle Improvement Proposal (TIP) repository and framework is deprecated. Please refer to the [IOTA Improvement Proposals (IIP)](https://github.com/iotaledger/IIPs)
+> for contributing to IOTA's technology.
+> Since all TIPs refer to outdated protocol versions, they are all obsolete and no longer maintained.
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 # Tangle Improvement Proposal (TIP) Repository
 
 TIPs are improvement proposals for bettering the IOTA technology stack.