[Bitcoin-ml] Change of MIME media types for Bitcoin Cash

[Tom Harding]

Agreed


On 8/29/2017 4:37 AM, freetrader via bitcoin-ml wrote:
> Recently, there was a consensus to change the URI scheme for Bitcoin
> Cash payments to use a "bitcoincash:" prefix. This has since been
> implemented in various clients.
>
> It is unknown how long the Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin currencies will
> co-exist.
> However, implementations for both may need to be used on a single
> device to process payments.
> Accordingly, I propose that we also introduce separate MIME types for
> Bitcoin Cash payments to disambiguate them from Bitcoin payments:
>
> Message :    Type/Subtype
> ======================
> PaymentRequest :    application/bitcoincash-paymentrequest
> Payment :    application/bitcoincash-payment
> PaymentACK :    application/bitcoincash-paymentack
>
> This would allow the appropriate software to be invoked on either side
> for payment handling.
> Regarding other details of the payment protocol, I see no need to
> change them for now.
>
> References:
> [1] Payment Protocol:
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki
> [2] Payment Protocol MIME types:
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0071.mediawiki
>
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