Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments

2014-02-03 Thread Andreas Schildbach
t; > > Original message > From: Christophe Biocca > Date:2014/02/03 10:49 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: Tim Tuxworth > Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments > > Over http, the merchant doesn't h

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments

2014-02-03 Thread Tim Tuxworth Founder Go-taxi.biz
: Tim Tuxworth Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments Over http, the merchant doesn't have the ability to reach out to the consumer's bitcoin wallet on their own. So sending "Cancel Payment Request" to the use

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments

2014-02-03 Thread Christophe Biocca
- Original message > From: Christophe Biocca > Date:2014/02/03 10:49 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: Tim Tuxworth > Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments > > Over http, the merchant doesn't have the abil

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments

2014-02-03 Thread Christophe Biocca
Over http, the merchant doesn't have the ability to reach out to the consumer's bitcoin wallet on their own. So sending "Cancel Payment Request" to the user is impossible. If the customer doesn't want to send, nothing ever needs to happen. So sending a "Reject Payment Request" to the merchant is u

[Bitcoin-development] BIP70: Canceling Payments

2014-02-03 Thread Tim Tuxworth
The process described in BIP70 might be ok for a simple "happy path" scenario, but what if things don't work so smoothly. I'm not talking here about technical issues, but _very common_ business scenarios such as: e.g. Merchant cancels request before payment is sent, such as when:- - the merchant