[How to] Send payments to emails, urls and domains in GUI

singpolyma

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Quote from: khal on April 20, 2011, 01:26:36 PM

This his currently a patch proposed for integration into bitcoin : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pull-send-payments-to-emails-urls-and-domains-in-gui-6186
Here is a 64bits binary for linux if you want to test : http://dl.free.fr/vX39kOI7Y (backup your wallet before. You can't test with an empty wallet, because bitcoin will stop after checking the amount)

1. How to add this to your website
2. You have an email and don't own the domain

1. How to add this to your website

Default address for your own domain
Create a file named "bitcoin-address.txt" at the root of your domain and remplace 111... chars with your address

You should either use DNS or XRD/LARD/WebFinger based discovery. In an extreme case you could use the new /.well-known/ standard, but really this is exactly a use case for XRD/WebFinger.

ploum

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Hello,

This is very interesting, please consider the following protocol:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.23094

(which allows you to embed a message in your transaction)

Also, instead of putting random .txt file at the root of your website, have a look at http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/ which is exactly what you need!

Finally, you might be interested by the following read:
http://ploum.net/post/building-your-web-identity

You are really addressing the biggest flaw of Bitcoin, keep on the good work. If you need help, don't hesitate to contact me.

khal

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- Patch has been updated to support HTTPS only for secured requests
- file naming has moved to :
Domain owner : /bitcoin-address-domain.json (instead of /bitcoin-address.txt)
Users : /bitcoin-address/user.json (instead of /bitcoin-address-user.txt)

khal

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Here is what it looks like when you click on the Send button :

To do this i've simply created this file :
http://www.sky-animes.com/bitcoin-address-khalahan.txt

gigabytecoin

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Love the idea Khal. Sending to email addresses is a crucial factor in stealing all of PayPal's "loyal" customers.

khal

hero member

Activity: 540

Merit: 500

This his currently a patch proposed for integration into bitcoin : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pull-send-payments-to-emails-urls-and-domains-in-gui-6186
Here is a 64bits binary for linux if you want to test : http://dl.free.fr/vX39kOI7Y (backup your wallet before. You can't test with an empty wallet, because bitcoin will stop after checking the amount)

1. How to add this to your website
2. You have an email and don't own the domain

1. How to add this to your website

Default address for your own domain
Create a file named "bitcoin-address.txt" at the root of your domain and remplace 111... chars with your address :

Code:

{
   "error" : "",
   "label" : "Label of your website, or email address for example",
   "address" : "1111111111111111111111111111111111"
}

Email address for your own domain
Example : [email protected]
Create a file named "bitcoin-address-mymail1.txt" at the root of your domain and remplace 111... chars with your bitcoin address :

Code:

{
   "error" : "",
   "label" : "Your email address or a label",
   "address" : "1111111111111111111111111111111111"
}

Example : [email protected]
Create a file named "bitcoin-address-mymail2.txt" at the root of your domain and remplace 222... chars with your bitcoin address :

Code:

{
   "error" : "",
   "label" : "[email protected]",
   "address" : "2222222222222222222222222222222222"
}

2. You have an email and don't own the domain
Example : [email protected] & address 11111111111111111111111111111
Register your email and bitcoin addresses to http://bitcoin-contact.org/?account and set them public.
Then, give this url to your contacts :
http://bitcoin-contact.org/q/getaddress/[email protected]

You can also register a pseudo on bitcoin-contact and use this directly : [email protected]
Note : you can also set the label to "[email protected]" and people who use "[email protected]" will receive a contact like that :
- label : [email protected]
- address : 11111111111111111111111111111

If you have configured you domain/email address, I can test it and say you if it works.
If someone is able to compile a windows version, i'll add it at the top of this thread.

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