Voici un message que je viens de poster sur la ml bitcoin-dev
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Hi,
I realized that there isn't any way to ask for a signature (or to verify a message) as easily you can do when requesting a payment using a bitcoin URI scheme (BIP0021).
I think a URI scheme to use the signing tools in bitcoin core might be useful, and with a proper consensus it could become available in most bitcoin clients who already support message signing/verifying and payment url (or QRCode) and enable new uses of bitcoin signatures.
A way to gain proper consensus is going through a BIP, so that's why I'm here: to present my idea publicly before going any further (draft BIP and reference implementation).
Some thoughts
- like BIP0021: "Bitcoin clients MUST NOT act on URIs without getting the user's authorization." so signing requires the user to manually approve the process
- it could use the same URI scheme than BIP0021 with an additional parameter (ex: signaction=) or use another one like BIP121 (ex: btcsig:)
PS : I'll also post a topic in "Development & Technical Discussion" section on Bitcointalk
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Arthur
I realized that there isn't any way to ask for a signature (or to verify a message) as easily you can do when requesting a payment using a bitcoin URI scheme (BIP0021).
I think a URI scheme to use the signing tools in bitcoin core might be useful, and with a proper consensus it could become available in most bitcoin clients who already support message signing/verifying and payment url (or QRCode) and enable new uses of bitcoin signatures.
A way to gain proper consensus is going through a BIP, so that's why I'm here: to present my idea publicly before going any further (draft BIP and reference implementation).
Some thoughts
- like BIP0021: "Bitcoin clients MUST NOT act on URIs without getting the user's authorization." so signing requires the user to manually approve the process
- it could use the same URI scheme than BIP0021 with an additional parameter (ex: signaction=
PS : I'll also post a topic in "Development & Technical Discussion" section on Bitcointalk
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Arthur
Donc comme vous pouvez le comprendre, l'idée est de sonder la population pour savoir ça intéresse du monde (ou me faire remarquer si j'ai oublié un truc qui fait que mon idée est nulle
) avant d'aller plus loin : rédaction d'un BIP puis un peu de dev pour implémenter le tout.tl;dr : des urls pour demander à des gens de signer un message ou leur permettre de vérifier une signature (comme les url de paiements, sous forme de lien ou de QRCode), vous trouveriez ça utile ?