Author: Gavin 2014-04-29 19:12:49
Published on: 2014-04-29T19:12:49+00:00
In April 2014, there was a discussion about clarifying how BIP70 signs payment requests. The issue is what to do with the signature field before signing. The code Mike and Gavin initially wrote does this: request.set_signature(string("")). Gavin proposed that it should be changed to request.clear_signature(). Consensus is the spec should be clarified to match current behavior, so it won't change. There is already a BIP70 in use with over a hundred paid requests. If anyone is implementing or has implemented the payment protocol, they are encouraged to chime in. Gavin wants to change the specification and reference implementation while BIP70 is still a draft.
Updated on: 2023-06-08T22:04:47.759442+00:00