BIPs bitcoin improvement proposals

122 - URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration

BIP: 122 source Layer: Applications Title: URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration Author: Marco Pontello Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0122 Status: Draft Type: Standards Track Created: 2015-08-29 License: PD Post-History: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-August/010712.html Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationSpecificationABNF grammarDefinition of chain IDExamplesRationaleSample implementationAcknowledgementsCopyright Abstract This BIP proposes a URI scheme for looking up blocks, transactions and addresses on a Blockchain explorer, or in general to make proper Blockchain references. Motivation The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to handle all the requests for details about blocks, transactions, etc. with their preferred tool (being that a web service or a local application). Currently a Bitcoin client usually points to an arbitrary blockchain e...