diff --git a/bip-0272.mediawiki b/bip-0272.mediawiki index 098cb7681f..11ead6c44f 100644 --- a/bip-0272.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0272.mediawiki @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ==Abstract== -This BIP describes an extension to the bitcoin: URI scheme (BIP 3) to +This BIP describes additional scheme beside the bitcoin: URI scheme (BIP 3) to support the simplified payment protocol (BIP 270). ==Motivation== @@ -18,21 +18,18 @@ bitcoin wallets. ==Specification== -The bitcoin: URI scheme is extended with an additional, optional -"r" parameter, whose value is a URL from which a PaymentRequest +The pay: URI scheme is introduced. It could have the same prefix like in BIP3 (bitcoin:) +but the proposed one is more generic and fits better for multi-currency wallets. + +The scheme requires one "r" parameter, whose value is a URL from which a PaymentRequest message should be fetched (characters not allowed within the scope of a query parameter must be percent-encoded as described in RFC 3986 and bip-0003). -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:?r=... ). - When Bitcoin wallet software that supports this BIP receives a -bitcoin: URI with a request parameter, it should ignore the bitcoin -address/amount/label/message in the URI and instead fetch a +pay: URI with a request parameter, it should fetch a PaymentRequest message and then follow the payment protocol, as -described in BIP 70. +described in BIP 270. Bitcoin wallets must support fetching PaymentRequests via the HTTPS protocol; they may support other protocols. Wallets must @@ -49,17 +46,12 @@ redirect) should be handled as outlined in RFC 2616. ==Compatibility== -Wallet software that does not support this BIP will simply ignore the -r parameter and will initiate a payment to bitcoin address. +This BIP is not compatible with the original one (BIP3) and Wallet software that does not support this BIP +cannot proceed with a payment. ==Examples== -A backwards-compatible request: -
-bitcoin:mq7se9wy2egettFxPbmn99cK8v5AFq55Lx?sv&amount=0.11&r=https://merchant.com/pay.php?h%3D2a8628fc2fbe
-
-Non-backwards-compatible equivalent:
-bitcoin:?sv&r=https://merchant.com/pay.php?h%3D2a8628fc2fbe
+pay:?sv&r=https://merchant.com/pay.php?h%3D2a8628fc2fbe
 
==References==