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 For Ethereum implementers EIPs are a convenient way to track the progress of their implementation. Ideally each implementation maintainer would list the EIPs that they have implemented. This will give end users a convenient way to know the current status of a given implementation or library.  
 
+EIPs are intend to replace the venerable etherpads the described the intial PoC and strike a balance between ease of accessibility and trackablity.
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 ==EIP Types==
 
 There are three kinds of EIP: