Coinbase Now Supporting The Bitcoin Payment Protocol
San Francisco-based bitcoin broker and merchant services provider Coinbase announced on Thursday that they are now supporting the BIP:70 Bitcoin Payment Protocol. As provided by Coinbase, the following are features that make the Protocol useful: Human-readable, secure payment destinations- customers will be asked to authorize payment to a payment processor identified as "example.com" (or "Example, Inc." if an extended validation certificate is used) instead of an inscrutable, 34-character Bitcoin address. Secure proof of payment, which the customer can use in case of a dispute with the....
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Bitcoin payments processor Coinbase has added support for the bitcoin payment protocol. Called BIP 70, the protocol allows communication between a merchant and its customers when transactions are made, and was designed to provide additional security and improve the customer experience. Coinbase says BIP 70 will offer improved protection against man-in-the-middle attacks on the payment process. Safer transactions. Addition of the protocol brings new features that should come in useful for many merchants: Human-readable, secure payment destinations - customers will be asked to authorize....
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