From b8028440f00dddd92d64bb5db982e57f6872af89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Andresen Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:09:22 +1000 Subject: Replace request= with shorter, QR-friendlier, r= Consensus from bitcoin-development mailing list discussion. --- bip-0072.mediawiki | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'bip-0072.mediawiki') diff --git a/bip-0072.mediawiki b/bip-0072.mediawiki index 9909118..4edd749 100644 --- a/bip-0072.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0072.mediawiki @@ -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: 
Accept: application/bitcoin-paymentrequest
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: 
-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
Non-backwards-compatible equivalent: 
-bitcoin:?request=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
+bitcoin:?r=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
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