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On 05/03/2012 01:46 AM, Wladimir wrote:
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<div>Label is a label for the destination address, message is a
freeform message describing the transaction.</div>
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<div>I don't think the message is currently stored in the
Satoshi client. That feature is somewhere on our way-too-long
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<div>But I understand that you want to add transaction meta-data
fields such as contact information, bought items, item prices?</div>
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I don't want to add fields to the URI-spec, I just want to add them
<i>to the client</i>. To me, it is ideal to have separate strings
for labeling <i>addresses</i> vs labeling <i>transactions</i> --
i.e. different strings would show up in the address book (owner
info) than what shows up in the transaction history (purchase
info). I say it's ideal because that concept seems to fit
perfectly with availability of "label=" and "message=" fields in BIP
21, but it won't actually work if Bitcoin-Qt won't/can't do it that
way.<br>
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For now, it seems that I should count on all important information
being in the <i>label</i> field, since users creating URLs would
have to assume anything in the <i>message</i> field will not be
saved. Though I imagine the message data will be <i>displayed</i>
after the URI is clicked, just not saved.<br>
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To expand the concept slightly further, it might make sense in the
future for users to populate the <i>message</i> and <i>label </i>fields
with lots of data, using newlines. The first line would be used as
a summary and displayed in the address book and ledger. The extra
lines would all be displayed when the user opens up a details
window. All of it would be automatically generated by the merchant,
and the purchaser would end up with detailed documentation on every
purchase they've made for zero effort. <br>
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-Alan<br>
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