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| author | Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net> | 2015-06-25 11:30:18 -0500 |
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| committer | Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net> | 2015-07-10 12:36:02 -0500 |
| commit | 2e6e5cf9589778ea55c7e71aa27e2b9ff122b737 (patch) | |
| tree | f6eed9830bf240d1814d921acb7be4bc5c82ffb3 /bip-0021.mediawiki | |
| parent | e700392b1563d044509d7b58fe6237edff6d0254 (diff) | |
Update BIP-21 URI scheme for payment code support
Incorporates suggestion by erasmospunk:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/159#issuecomment-115277577
Diffstat (limited to 'bip-0021.mediawiki')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bip-0021.mediawiki b/bip-0021.mediawiki index 00d9a53..2706926 100644 --- a/bip-0021.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0021.mediawiki @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ The scheme component ("bitcoin:") is case-insensitive, and implementations must *address: bitcoin address *message: message that describes the transaction to the user ([[#Examples|see examples below]]) *size: amount of base bitcoin units ([[#Transfer amount/size|see below]]) +*paycode: payment code (BIP-47) *(others): optional, for future extensions ==== Transfer amount/size ==== @@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ I.e. amount=50.00 or amount=50 is treated as 50 BTC, and amount=50,000.00 is inv Bitcoin clients MAY display the amount in any format that is not intended to deceive the user. They SHOULD choose a format that is foremost least confusing, and only after that most reasonable given the amount requested. For example, so long as the majority of users work in BTC units, values should always be displayed in BTC by default, even if mBTC or TBC would otherwise be a more logical interpretation of the amount. + +==== Payment code ==== + +If a URI provides a payment code, and if the client supports BIP-47, then the resulting transaction SHOULD construct a transaction per BIP-47 instead of using the address provided in the URI. + == Rationale == ===Payment identifiers, not person identifiers=== @@ -122,3 +128,6 @@ Characters must be URI encoded properly. === Bitcoin clients === * Bitcoin-Qt supports the old version of Bitcoin URIs (ie without the req- prefix), with Windows and KDE integration as of commit 70f55355e29c8e45b607e782c5d76609d23cc858. +==References== + +* [[bip-0047.mediawiki|BIP47 - Reusable Payment Codes for Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets]] |