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diff --git a/bip-0071.mediawiki b/bip-0071.mediawiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1e21c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/bip-0071.mediawiki @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +{{bip}} + +<pre> + BIP: 71 + Title: Payment Protocol MIME types + Author: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com> + Status: Draft + Type: Standards Track + Created: 29-07-2013 +</pre> + +==Abstract== + +This BIP defines a MIME (RFC 2046) Media Type for Bitcoin payment +request messages. + +==Motivation== + +Wallet or server software that sends payment protocol messages over +email or http should follow Internet standards for properly +encapsulating the messages. + +==Specification== + +The Media Type (Content-Type in HTML/email headers) for bitcoin +protocol messages shall be: + +{| +| Message || Type/Subtype +|- +| PaymentRequest || application/bitcoin-paymentrequest +|- +| Payment || application/bitcoin-payment +|- +| PaymentACK || application/bitcoin-paymentack +|} + +Payment protocol messages are encoded in binary. + +==Example== + +A web server generating a PaymentRequest message to initiate the +payment protocol would precede the binary message data with the +following headers: +<pre> +Content-Type: application/bitcoin-paymentrequest +Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary +</pre> + +[[Category:BIP]] |