Thanks for the comments! Now I fixed the typos (hope to have got them all, English isn't my first language), clarified the chain part a bit, and fixed the link. There probably is a better way to reference that source code part with the genesis blocks hashs, in a way that doesn't need to be changed, maybe... Now the main change would be to put in a proper BIP number! :) On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Jorge Timón wrote: > Thank you for incorporating the feedback, specifically thank you for > using the genesis block hash as the unique chain ID. > > I wen't through the BIP draft and left a few of comments, but I really > like its simplicity and focus. Good work! > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Marco Pontello via bitcoin-dev > wrote: > > Hi! > > > > To anyone that followed the discussion (from some time ago) about the > > proposed new URI for Blockchain references / exploration, I just wanted > to > > point out that I have collected the feedback provided, reworked the text, > > put the BIP on GitHub and created a pull request: > > > > https://github.com/MarcoPon/bips/blob/master/bip-MarcoPon-01.mediawiki > > https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/202 > > > > The need for an URI for this come to mind again in the last days looking > at > > Eternity Wall, which IMHO provide a use case that we will see more and > more > > in the (near) future: http://eternitywall.it/ > > Using that service, when you want to check for the proof that a specific > > message was written in the Blockchain, it let you choose from 5 different > > explorer. > > Mycelium wallet recently added the option to select one of 15 block > > explorers. > > And there's the crypto_bot on reddit/r/bitcoin that detect reference to > > transaction an add a message with links to 7 different explorers. > > > > I think that's clearly something that's needed. > > > > Bye! > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Marco Pontello > wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> My first post here, hope I'm following the right conventions. > >> I had this humble idea for a while, so I thought to go ahead and propose > >> it. > >> > >> BIP: XX > >> Title: URI scheme for Blockchain exploration > >> Author: Marco Pontello > >> Status: Draft > >> Type: Standards Track > >> Created: 29 August 2015 > >> > >> Abstract > >> ======== > >> This BIP propose a simple URI scheme for looking up blocks, > transactions, > >> addresses on a Blockchain explorer. > >> > >> 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 point to an arbitrary blockchain > >> explorer when the user look for the details of a transaction (es. > Bitcoin > >> Wallet use BitEasy, Mycelium or Electrum use Blockchain.info, etc.). > >> Other times resorting to cut&paste is needed. > >> The same happens with posts and messages that reference some particular > >> txs or blocks, if they provide links at all. > >> > >> Specification > >> ============= > >> The URI follow this simple form: > >> > >> blockchain: > >> > >> Examples: > >> > >> > >> > blockchain:00000000000000001003e880d500968d51157f210c632e08a652af3576600198 > >> blockchain:001949 > >> > >> > blockchain:3b95a766d7a99b87188d6875c8484cb2b310b78459b7816d4dfc3f0f7e04281a > >> > >> Rationale > >> ========= > >> I thought about using some more complex scheme, or adding qualifiers to > >> distinguish blocks from txs, but in the end I think that keeping it > simple > >> should be practical enough. Blockchain explorers can apply the same > >> disambiguation rules they are already using to process the usual search > >> box. > >> > >> From the point of view of a wallet developer (or other tool that need to > >> show any kind of Blockchain references), using this scheme mean that he > >> can simply make it a blockchain: link and be done with it, without > having > >> to worry about any specific Blockchain explorer or provide a means for > the > >> user to select one. > >> > >> Blockchain explorers in turn will simply offer to handle the blockchain: > >> URI, the first time the user visit their website, or launch/install the > >> application, or even set themselves if there isn't already one. > >> > >> Users get the convenience of using always their preferred explorer, > which > >> can be especially handy on mobile devices, where juggling with cut&paste > >> is far from ideal. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Try the Online TrID File Identifier > > http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx > > > > _______________________________________________ > > bitcoin-dev mailing list > > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > > > -- Try the Online TrID File Identifier http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx