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Subject: [bitcoindev] Re: Draft BIP: Well-Known Bitcoin Identity Endpoint
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(Reading further down in your proposal I see you do acknowledge BIP 353 and=
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the arguments laid out there, sorry for the noise).

On Monday, June 2, 2025 at 3:54:05=E2=80=AFPM UTC+2 hodlinator wrote:

> Hi AvivB,
>
> Something similar has been discussed here in BIP 353:=20
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0353.mediawiki#dns-rather=
-than-http-based-solutions
>
> Cheers,
> Hodlinator
>
> On Monday, May 26, 2025 at 2:52:02=E2=80=AFPM UTC+2 Aviv Bar-el wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd like to propose a new BIP titled "Well-Known Bitcoin Identity=20
>> Endpoint."
>> The goal is to improve the user experience for sending on-chain Bitcoin=
=20
>> payments by allowing wallets to resolve a Lightning Address into associa=
ted=20
>> on-chain addresses and additional metadata.
>>
>> The idea is to define a simple, HTTPS-based standard for retrieving=20
>> payment and contact information via a .well-known endpoint,
>> generalizing the approach used by Lightning Address to support more=20
>> payment types and identity metadata.
>>
>> You can find the draft BIP here:=20
>> https://github.com/aviv57/paysats/blob/main/bip/BIPXXX.MD
>>
>> I=E2=80=99d appreciate any feedback or suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> AvivB
>>
>

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(Reading further down in your proposal I see you do acknowledge BIP 353 and=
 the arguments laid out there, sorry for the noise).<br /><br /><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Monday, June 2, =
2025 at 3:54:05=E2=80=AFPM UTC+2 hodlinator wrote:<br/></div><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rg=
b(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Hi AvivB,</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Something similar has been discussed here in BIP 353: <a href=3D"https:/=
/github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0353.mediawiki#dns-rather-than-htt=
p-based-solutions" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-saferedirecturl=
=3D"https://www.google.com/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.com/bitcoin/b=
ips/blob/master/bip-0353.mediawiki%23dns-rather-than-http-based-solutions&a=
mp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1748974590730000&amp;usg=3DAOvVaw1Io2egmlbU1eFZ=
tWSCRLWf">https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0353.mediawiki#dn=
s-rather-than-http-based-solutions</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</di=
v><div>Hodlinator</div><div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Monday, May 26, 2025 at 2:52:02=E2=80=AFP=
M UTC+2 Aviv Bar-el wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex"><div dir=3D"rtl"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all,<br><br>I&#39;d like to propo=
se a new BIP titled &quot;Well-Known Bitcoin Identity Endpoint.&quot;<br>Th=
e goal is to improve the user experience for sending on-chain Bitcoin payme=
nts by allowing wallets to resolve a Lightning Address into associated on-c=
hain addresses and additional metadata.<br><br>The idea is to define a simp=
le, HTTPS-based standard for retrieving payment and contact information via=
 a .well-known endpoint,<br>generalizing the approach used by Lightning Add=
ress to support more payment types and identity metadata.<br><br>You can fi=
nd the draft BIP here: <a href=3D"https://github.com/aviv57/paysats/blob/ma=
in/bip/BIPXXX.MD" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" data-saferedirecturl=
=3D"https://www.google.com/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.com/aviv57/pa=
ysats/blob/main/bip/BIPXXX.MD&amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1748974590730000=
&amp;usg=3DAOvVaw1sKb4VDyCsdOomGRt6cPKx">https://github.com/aviv57/paysats/=
blob/main/bip/BIPXXX.MD</a><br><br>I=E2=80=99d appreciate any feedback or s=
uggestions.<br><br>Thanks,<br>AvivB</div></div>
</blockquote></div></blockquote></div>

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