user6721: I thought that BIPs were similar to Pythons PIPs. So I was confused when I read BIP 34 mentioning coinbase explicitly. The author, Gavin Andresen, seems not to have a connection to coinbase.
I thought that coinbase was just a cryptocurrency exchange, similar to Binance / Huobi / Kraken. Does coinbase have a special role? Is coinbase in some way bound to follow BIPs or did/does Gavin Andresen have influence on what coinbase does?

user208: The coinbase mentioned in BIP34 is not the company; it is referring to the first transaction in a Bitcoin block (which is special as it is allowed to bring new currency into circulation).
Coinbase-the-company didn't even exist when BIP34 was written (or at least, wasn't known/public). The company was named after this special transaction.

6721: <p>I thought that BIPs were similar to Pythons PIPs. So I was confused when I read <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0034" rel="noreferrer">BIP 34</a> mentioning coinbase explicitly. The author, Gavin Andresen, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-andresen-6987971/" rel="noreferrer">seems not to have a connection to coinbase</a>.</p>
<p>I thought that coinbase was just a cryptocurrency exchange, similar to Binance / Huobi / Kraken. Does coinbase have a special role? Is coinbase in some way bound to follow BIPs or did/does Gavin Andresen have influence on what coinbase does?</p>
 208: <p>The coinbase mentioned in BIP34 is not the company; it is referring to the first transaction in a Bitcoin block (which is special as it is allowed to bring new currency into circulation).</p>
<p>Coinbase-the-company didn't even exist when BIP34 was written (or at least, wasn't known/public). The company was named after this special transaction.</p>
