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authorGavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>2013-12-06 09:09:22 +1000
committerGavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>2013-12-06 09:09:22 +1000
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downloadbips-b8028440f00dddd92d64bb5db982e57f6872af89.tar.xz
Replace request= with shorter, QR-friendlier, r=
Consensus from bitcoin-development mailing list discussion.
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@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ bitcoin wallets.
==Specification==
The bitcoin: URI scheme is extended with an additional, optional
-"request" parameter, whose value is a URL from which a PaymentRequest
+"r" parameter, whose value is a URL from which a PaymentRequest
message should be fetched (unsafe and reserved octets in the URL value
must be encoded as described in RFC 1738).
-If the "request" parameter is provided and backwards compatibility
+If the "r" parameter is provided and backwards compatibility
is not required, then the bitcoin address portion of the URI may be
-omitted (the URI will be of the form: bitcoin:?request=... ).
+omitted (the URI will be of the form: bitcoin:?r=... ).
When Bitcoin wallet software that supports this BIP receives a
bitcoin: URI with a request parameter, it should ignore the bitcoin
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ described in BIP 70.
Bitcoin wallets must support fetching PaymentRequests via http and
https protocols; they may support other protocols. Wallets must
-include an Accept HTTP header in HTTP requests:
+include an Accept HTTP header in HTTP(s) requests:
<pre>Accept: application/bitcoin-paymentrequest</pre>
If a PaymentRequest cannot be obtained (perhaps the server is
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ payment processing system is unavailable.
==Compatibility==
Wallet software that does not support this BIP will simply ignore the
-request parameter and will initiate a payment to bitcoin address.
+r parameter and will initiate a payment to bitcoin address.
==Examples==
A backwards-compatible request:
<pre>
-bitcoin:mq7se9wy2egettFxPbmn99cK8v5AFq55Lx?amount=0.11&request=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
+bitcoin:mq7se9wy2egettFxPbmn99cK8v5AFq55Lx?amount=0.11&r=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
</pre>
Non-backwards-compatible equivalent:
<pre>
-bitcoin:?request=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
+bitcoin:?r=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
</pre>