Bitcoin Payment Protocol Explained

Bitcoin Payment Protocol Explained

What do you do with bitcoin? Why, you spend it of course! Or more precisely you pay for something or some service using it. The specific process to pay using bitcoin is called the Bitcoin Payment Protocol and it is codified in a document called BIP70. A BIP is a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal and is one of the mechanisms used by the Bitcoin "core....


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