Jeff Garzik [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-03-20 📝 Original message:On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at ...
📅 Original date posted:2014-03-20
📝 Original message:On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Adam Back <adam at cypherspace.org> wrote:
> Whats a sensible limit on practical/convenient QR code size?
Extremely limited. Preferably under 100 bytes. You will see
increasingly poor operating in varying light conditions, such as
paying via QR code on a printed receipt in a pub at night. That was
one of the motivations for BIP 73.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Andreas Schildbach
<andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> Afaik, BIP73 needs an external server (the web server).
Yes. Internet connectivity is not a rarity these days. Near-field
web servers also work fine.
--
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/
📝 Original message:On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Adam Back <adam at cypherspace.org> wrote:
> Whats a sensible limit on practical/convenient QR code size?
Extremely limited. Preferably under 100 bytes. You will see
increasingly poor operating in varying light conditions, such as
paying via QR code on a printed receipt in a pub at night. That was
one of the motivations for BIP 73.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Andreas Schildbach
<andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> Afaik, BIP73 needs an external server (the web server).
Yes. Internet connectivity is not a rarity these days. Near-field
web servers also work fine.
--
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/