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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:45:26 +0200
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From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Payment Protocol: BIP 70, 71, 72
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On 31 July 2013 13:33, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Is it envisaged to be possible/sensible to have a URI that is *only* a
> > payment request?  i.e. something like the following (although I'm not
> > sure this is a valid URI):
> >
> > bitcoin:?request=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
>
> I think we'll want a bitcoin address in there for a long time for
> backwards compatibility.
>
> If web browser support for arbitrary MIME types is strong enough (I
> haven't tested), then a payment request can be initiated with just an
> anchor tag:
>   <a href="https://merchant.com/pay.php?3D2a8628fc2fbe"
> type="application/bitcoin-paymentrequest">
>

Unless I'm mistaken you cant generally set the "Accept" header on a browser
via a standard href ... one of those annoying quirks


>
> Doing it that way saves a http round-trip.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On 31 July 2013 13:33, Gavin Andresen <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:gavinandresen@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gavinandresen@gmail.c=
om</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:=
45 PM, Roy Badami &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:roy@gnomon.org.uk">roy@gnomon.org.u=
k</a>&gt; wrote:<br>

&gt;<br>
&gt; Is it envisaged to be possible/sensible to have a URI that is *only* a=
<br>
&gt; payment request? =A0i.e. something like the following (although I&#39;=
m not<br>
&gt; sure this is a valid URI):<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; bitcoin:?request=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc=
2fbe<br>
<br>
</div>I think we&#39;ll want a bitcoin address in there for a long time for=
<br>
backwards compatibility.<br>
<br>
If web browser support for arbitrary MIME types is strong enough (I<br>
haven&#39;t tested), then a payment request can be initiated with just an<b=
r>
anchor tag:<br>
=A0 &lt;a href=3D&quot;<a href=3D"https://merchant.com/pay.php?3D2a8628fc2f=
be" target=3D"_blank">https://merchant.com/pay.php?3D2a8628fc2fbe</a>&quot;=
<br>
type=3D&quot;application/bitcoin-paymentrequest&quot;&gt;<br></blockquote><=
div><br></div><div>Unless I&#39;m mistaken you cant generally set the &quot=
;Accept&quot; header on a browser via a standard href ... one of those anno=
ying quirks<br>
</div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
Doing it that way saves a http round-trip.<br>
<br>
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