We could also say that if protocol part (https://) is missing, it's implied
automatically. So just:

bitcoin:1abc........?r=bob.com/r/aZgR

I think that's about as small as possible without re-using the pubkey as a
token in the url.


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net> wrote:
>
>> BTW, on the "make qrcodes more scannable" front -- is it too late to
>> change BIP 72 so the new param is just "r" instead of "request"? Every byte
>> helps when it comes to qrcodes ...
>>
>
> Not too late, assuming there are no objections. Smaller QR codes is a very
> good reason to change it.
>
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> Gavin Andresen
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