Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 70 refund field

[Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>]

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So I take it BOPShop won't be supporting BIP70 then? :(


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Tamas Blummer <tamas@bitsofproof.com>wrote:

> I have nothing against incremental development. This will however not pick
> up until it offers some incremental benefit compared to current payment
> processor solutions,
> such as e.g.
>
> 1. Symmetrical. One can also offer a payment.
> 2. Aggregating and Netting. Handle multiple installments and/or net with
> previous cash flows.
> 3. More secure. One has a check not only on the payment address (which
> already has one with https:// in the web shop scenario it is currently
> able support) but not on the refund.
>
>
> On 28.03.2014, at 15:01, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Tamas Blummer <tamas@bitsofproof.com>wrote:
>
>> May I ask how the current payment protocol is supposed to handle salaries?
>>
>
> It doesn't.
>
> "walk before you run" and all that; lets see what problems we run into
> with the minimal payment protocol we have now (like refund outputs you have
> to remember forever) before we create an insurmountable set of problems by
> trying to solve everything we can think of all at once.
>
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> Gavin Andresen
>
>
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