BIP 0072 - bitcoin: uri extensions for Payment Protocol

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Data sheet for bitcoin: uri extensions for Payment Protocol

Title	bitcoin: uri extensions for Payment Protocol
Layer	Applications
Author	Gavin Andresen
Comments-Summary	No comments yet.
Comments-URI	https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0072
Staus	Final
Type	Standards Track
Created	2013-07-29
Post History
Description	https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0072.mediawiki

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Abstract

This BIP describes an extension to the bitcoin: URI scheme ( BIP 21) to support the payment protocol ( BIP 70).

Motivation

Allow users to click on a link in a web page or email to initiate the payment protocol, while being backwards-compatible with existing bitcoin wallets.