[bitcoin-dev] RFC - BIP: URI scheme for Blockchain exploration

[Marco Pontello]

Thanks for the comments! Now I fixed the typos (hope to have got them all,
English isn't my first language), clarified the chain part a bit, and fixed
the link. There probably is a better way to reference that source code part
with the genesis blocks hashs, in a way that doesn't need to be changed,
maybe...

Now the main change would be to put in a proper BIP number! :)

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Jorge Timón <jtimon at jtimon.cc> wrote:

> Thank you for incorporating the feedback, specifically thank you for
> using the genesis block hash as the unique chain ID.
>
> I wen't through the BIP draft and left a few of comments, but I really
> like its simplicity and focus. Good work!
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Marco Pontello via bitcoin-dev
> <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > To anyone that followed the discussion (from some time ago) about the
> > proposed new URI for Blockchain references / exploration, I just wanted
> to
> > point out that I have collected the feedback provided, reworked the text,
> > put the BIP on GitHub and created a pull request:
> >
> > https://github.com/MarcoPon/bips/blob/master/bip-MarcoPon-01.mediawiki
> > https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/202
> >
> > The need for an URI for this come to mind again in the last days looking
> at
> > Eternity Wall, which IMHO provide a use case that we will see more and
> more
> > in the (near) future: http://eternitywall.it/
> > Using that service, when you want to check for the proof that a specific
> > message was written in the Blockchain, it let you choose from 5 different
> > explorer.
> > Mycelium wallet recently added the option to select one of 15 block
> > explorers.
> > And there's the crypto_bot on reddit/r/bitcoin that detect reference to
> > transaction an add a message with links to 7 different explorers.
> >
> > I think that's clearly something that's needed.
> >
> > Bye!
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Marco Pontello <marcopon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >> My first post here, hope I'm following the right conventions.
> >> I had this humble idea for a while, so I thought to go ahead and propose
> >> it.
> >>
> >> BIP: XX
> >> Title: URI scheme for Blockchain exploration
> >> Author: Marco Pontello
> >> Status: Draft
> >> Type: Standards Track
> >> Created: 29 August 2015
> >>
> >> Abstract
> >> ========
> >> This BIP propose a simple URI scheme for looking up blocks,
> transactions,
> >> addresses on a Blockchain explorer.
> >>
> >> Motivation
> >> ==========
> >> The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to handle all the
> >> requests for details about blocks, transactions, etc. with their
> preferred
> >> tool (being that a web service or a local application).
> >>
> >> Currently a Bitcoin client usually point to an arbitrary blockchain
> >> explorer when the user look for the details of a transaction (es.
> Bitcoin
> >> Wallet use BitEasy, Mycelium or Electrum use Blockchain.info, etc.).
> >> Other times resorting to cut&paste is needed.
> >> The same happens with posts and messages that reference some particular
> >> txs or blocks, if they provide links at all.
> >>
> >> Specification
> >> =============
> >> The URI follow this simple form:
> >>
> >> blockchain: <hash/string>
> >>
> >> Examples:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> blockchain:00000000000000001003e880d500968d51157f210c632e08a652af3576600198
> >> blockchain:001949
> >>
> >>
> blockchain:3b95a766d7a99b87188d6875c8484cb2b310b78459b7816d4dfc3f0f7e04281a
> >>
> >> Rationale
> >> =========
> >> I thought about using some more complex scheme, or adding qualifiers to
> >> distinguish blocks from txs, but in the end I think that keeping it
> simple
> >> should be practical enough. Blockchain explorers can apply the same
> >> disambiguation rules they are already using to process the usual search
> >> box.
> >>
> >> From the point of view of a wallet developer (or other tool that need to
> >> show any kind of Blockchain references), using this scheme mean that he
> >> can simply make it a blockchain: link and be done with it, without
> having
> >> to worry about any specific Blockchain explorer or provide a means for
> the
> >> user to select one.
> >>
> >> Blockchain explorers in turn will simply offer to handle the blockchain:
> >> URI, the first time the user visit their website, or launch/install the
> >> application, or even set themselves if there isn't already one.
> >>
> >> Users get the convenience of using always their preferred explorer,
> which
> >> can be especially handy on mobile devices, where juggling with cut&paste
> >> is far from ideal.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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