From: Marco Pontello <marcopon@gmail•com>
To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] RFC - BIP: URI scheme for Blockchain exploration
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 03:14:44 +0100 [thread overview]
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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 <marcopon@gmail•com> 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: <hash/string>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-29 11:48 Marco Pontello
2015-08-29 16:31 ` Richard Moore
2015-08-29 17:19 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-08-29 19:24 ` Richard Moore
2015-08-29 18:07 ` Andreas Schildbach
2015-09-01 14:33 ` Marco Pontello
2015-08-29 18:58 ` Btc Drak
2015-08-29 19:01 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-08-29 20:10 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-30 2:02 ` Chun Wang
2015-08-30 2:20 ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-01 22:56 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-01 14:49 ` Marco Pontello
2015-09-01 21:16 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-09-01 21:25 ` Esteban Ordano
2015-09-01 21:38 ` Marco Pontello
2015-09-01 21:42 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-09-01 21:43 ` Marco Pontello
2015-09-01 22:46 ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-01 23:25 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-09-01 16:12 ` Danny Thorpe
2015-09-01 22:59 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-01 23:57 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-29 19:28 ` Richard Moore
2015-09-01 14:51 ` Marco Pontello
2015-11-15 2:14 ` Marco Pontello [this message]
2015-11-15 11:42 ` Jorge Timón
2015-11-16 0:59 ` Marco Pontello
2015-11-16 14:43 ` Jorge Timón
2015-11-16 22:10 ` Marco Pontello
2015-11-18 11:29 ` Jorge Timón
2015-11-18 12:31 ` Marco Pontello
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