Hi AvivB,

Something similar has been discussed here in BIP 353: 
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0353.mediawiki#dns-rather-than-http-based-solutions

Cheers,
Hodlinator

On Monday, May 26, 2025 at 2:52:02 PM UTC+2 Aviv Bar-el wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to propose a new BIP titled "Well-Known Bitcoin Identity 
> Endpoint."
> The goal is to improve the user experience for sending on-chain Bitcoin 
> payments by allowing wallets to resolve a Lightning Address into associated 
> on-chain addresses and additional metadata.
>
> The idea is to define a simple, HTTPS-based standard for retrieving 
> payment and contact information via a .well-known endpoint,
> generalizing the approach used by Lightning Address to support more 
> payment types and identity metadata.
>
> You can find the draft BIP here: 
> https://github.com/aviv57/paysats/blob/main/bip/BIPXXX.MD
>
> I’d appreciate any feedback or suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> AvivB
>

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