==== BIP 0071 - Payment Protocol MIME types ====
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<table>
<caption>Data sheet for Payment Protocol MIME types </caption>
| Title                      | Payment Protocol MIME types  |
| Layer                      | Applications |
| Author                     | Gavin Andresen	 |
| Comments-Summary           | No comments yet. |
| Comments-URI               | [[https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0071]]    |
| Status                     | Final | 
| Type                       | Standards Track | 
| Created                    | 2013-07-28  |
| Post History               |   |
| Description                | [[https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0071.mediawiki]] |
</table>

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=== Abstract ===
  ://This BIP defines a MIME ([[ https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2046 | RFC 2046]]) Media Type for Bitcoin payment request messages.//

=== Motivation =========
  : //[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:bitcoin_wallet|Wallet]] or [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server|server]] software that sends payment protocol messages over email or http should follow [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:internet|Internet]] standards for properly encapsulating the messages.//