21 - URI Scheme
BIP: 21 Layer: Applications Title: URI Scheme Author: Nils Schneider Matt Corallo Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0021 Status: Final Type: Standards Track Created: 2012-01-29 This BIP is a modification of an earlier [[bip-0020.mediawiki|BIP 0020]] by Luke Dashjr. BIP 0020 was based off an earlier document by Nils Schneider. The alternative payment amounts in BIP 0020 have been removed. ==Abstract== This BIP proposes a URI scheme for making Bitcoin payments. ==Motivation== The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to easily make payments by simply clicking links on webpages or scanning QR Codes. ==Specification== === General rules for handling (important!) === Bitcoin clients MUST NOT act on URIs without getting the user's authorization. They SHOULD require the user to manually approve each payment individually, though in some cases they MAY allow the user to automatically make this deci...
20 - URI Scheme
BIP: 20 Layer: Applications Title: URI Scheme Author: Luke Dashjr Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0020 Status: Replaced Type: Standards Track Created: 2011-01-10 License: BSD-2-Clause BIP 0020 is based off an earlier document by Nils Schneider. '''And has been replaced by BIP 0021''' ==Abstract== This BIP proposes a URI scheme for making Bitcoin payments. ==Copyright== This BIP is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license. ==Motivation== The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to easily make payments by simply clicking links on webpages or scanning QR Codes. ==Specification== === General rules for handling (important!) === Bitcoin clients MUST NOT act on URIs without getting the user's authorization. They SHOULD require the user to manually approve each payment individually, though in some cases they MAY allow the user to automatically make this decision. === Operating system integration === Graph...
123 - BIP Classification
BIP: 123 Title: BIP Classification Author: Eric Lombrozo Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0123 Status: Active Type: Process Created: 2015-08-26 License: CC0-1.0 GNU-All-Permissive ==Abstract== This document describes a classification scheme for BIPs. BIPs are classified by system layers with lower numbered layers involving more intricate interoperability requirements. The specification defines the layers and sets forth specific criteria for deciding to which layer a particular standards BIP belongs. ==Copyright== This BIP is dual-licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal and GNU All-Permissive licenses. ==Motivation== Bitcoin is a system involving a number of different standards. Some standards are absolute requirements for interoperability while others can be considered optional, giving implementors a choice of whether to support them. In order to have a BIP process which more closely ...