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2023-06-07 02:44:04
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Luke-Jr [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2011-12-18 🗒️ Summary of this message: Extended URIs ...

📅 Original date posted:2011-12-18
🗒️ Summary of this message: Extended URIs allow servers to negotiate payment details, making aliases practical for organizations that trust a CA with their funds.
📝 Original message:On Sunday, December 18, 2011 6:58:37 PM slush wrote:
> Maybe I'm retarded, but where's the point in providing alliases containing
> yet another hash in URL?

The point of the extended URI is to allow the server to negotiate payment
details (payment/order information, fees, new privacy address, etc) rather
than merely sending a simple payment to a single fixed address.

I am not convinced *aliases* are practical, without CA trust. An organization
that wants to trust a CA with all their funds can leave off the address
portion, to provide more human-friendly URIs.
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