Author: Jeff Garzik 2015-01-19 19:09:13
Published on: 2015-01-19T19:09:13+00:00
In an email to the Bitcoin-development mailing list, Richard Brady questioned the use of Google Protocol Buffers for payment request encoding in BIP-0070. He argued that text formats such as HTTP/JSON/XML are more desirable due to their human readability on-the-wire, ease of parsing and manipulation, and thorough specification by independent standards bodies such as the IETF. He also noted that payment requests are not broadcast but rather follow a request/response flow similar to a web request. Despite his concerns, he expressed excitement for the growth of the payment protocol regardless of the encoding choice. Jeff Garzik, a Bitcoin core developer and open-source evangelist, was copied on the email.
Updated on: 2023-06-09T15:34:22.252728+00:00