Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP70 is dead. What now?

2021-03-04 Thread P G via bitcoin-dev
Hi Thomas, > Nevertheless, there is ONE feature of BIP70 that I find useful: the fact that payment requests were signed. In addition to signing the actual payment request, a nice addition to a new payment protocol is an assurance that the receiving address can in fact spend later on. Many users

Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP70 is dead. What now?

2021-02-21 Thread Eoin McQuinn via bitcoin-dev
What is a 'pull request'? On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 1:49 PM Andrew Kozlik via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > I am working on an experimental implementation [1] of a new payment > request format in Trezor T. In some respects it's similar to BIP-70. The

Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP70 is dead. What now?

2021-02-19 Thread Andrew Kozlik via bitcoin-dev
Hi Thomas, I am working on an experimental implementation [1] of a new payment request format in Trezor T. In some respects it's similar to BIP-70. The main differences are: 1. There is no reliance on X.509, since that seems to have been the main reason for BIP-70's downfall. The signature is

Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP70 is dead. What now?

2021-02-19 Thread Charles Hill via bitcoin-dev
Hi, Thomas, I developed a URL signing scheme for use with LNURL as a method for authorizing payments on behalf of offline devices /applications. It's not specifically off-chain or on-chain related, but could be repurposed. The gist of the scheme is as follows: Before any signing is done:

[bitcoin-dev] BIP70 is dead. What now?

2021-02-19 Thread Thomas Voegtlin via bitcoin-dev
I never liked BIP70. It was too complex, had too many features, and when people discuss it, they do not even agree on what the main feature was. Nevertheless, there is ONE feature of BIP70 that I find useful: the fact that payment requests were signed. I am making this post to discuss this. When