Kevin Greene [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-01-27 📝 Original message:>> Should the wallet ...

📅 Original date posted:2014-01-27
📝 Original message:>> Should the wallet broadcast the transaction to the bitcoin network when
it
>> receives an ACK, or always assume that the merchant server will do that?
>
> In my opinion, that should be the primary meaning of receiving an ACK:
> acknowledgement that the receiver takes responsibility for getting the
> transaction confirmed (to the extent possible, of course).

Ok, so if there is no
payment
_url specified in the PaymentRequest, then the wallet is responsible for
broadcasting
the transaction to the bitcoin network
.
Otherwise, the wallet should
rely on the merchant server to broadcast.


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Kevin Greene <kgreenek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > +1 for an error field.
>
> Agree, I think we need a way for client applications to interpret the
> response.
>
> > Should the wallet broadcast the transaction to the bitcoin network when
> it
> > receives an ACK, or always assume that the merchant server will do that?
>
> In my opinion, that should be the primary meaning of receiving an ACK:
> acknowledgement that the receiver takes responsibility for getting the
> transaction confirmed (to the extent possible, of course).


>
> --
> Pieter
>
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