Re: [Bitcoin-development] Payment Protocol for Face-to-face Payments

[Andreas Schildbach <andreas@schildbach.de>]

Afaik, BIP73 needs an external server (the web server).


On 03/20/2014 04:31 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Take a look at BIP 73:
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0073.mediawiki
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Alex Kotenko <alexykot@gmail.com
> <mailto:alexykot@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Andreas
> 
> 
>     I'm implementing support for BIP70 in my POS at the moment, and I've
>     just realized that with options you're proposing usecase I'm looking
>     for is not covered.
> 
>     Right now, before BIP70, I'm sending BIP21 URI via NFC or QR code,
>     and I need to still be able to use it for backwards compatibility.
>     But at the same time I want to be able to support BIP70. And also I
>     want to avoid using external servers, the concept of my POS is that
>     everything is happening between just payer's phone and payee's POS
>     device. This means that BIP72 HTTP(S) link inside Bitcoin URI is not
>     suitable for me. 
> 
>     You're also offering an option to include Base43 encoded PR body
>     right inside the Bitcoin URI, but in a way that is not backwards
>     compatible with BIP21. 
> 
>     In the end this all means that there is no way for me to at the same
>     time keep backwards compatibility with all wallets not supporting
>     NFC and BIP70 (all other wallets right now), and keep things inside
>     POS without need for external servers. 
> 
>     I understand your intention behind base43 encoding and noncompatible
>     URI - you want to make most possible use of QR codes. But I wonder -
>     did you compare this base43 to base64 encoded request in a binary QR
>     code format? How much do we actually win in total bytes capacity at
>     a price of noncompatibility and increased complexity?
> 
>     And also maybe we can extend BIP72 to include encoded payment
>     request in the URL directly in a backwards compatible way?
> 
> 
>     Best regards, 
>     Alex Kotenko
> 
> 
>     2014-03-02 11:50 GMT+00:00 Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net
>     <mailto:mike@plan99.net>>:
> 
>         Thanks Andreas.
> 
>         For BIP standardisation, I think the VIEW intent seems like an
>         obvious one. Bluetooth support probably should come later
>         if/when we put encryption/auth on the RFCOMM link (probably SSL).
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