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Replace request= with shorter, QR-friendlier, r=

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@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ bitcoin wallets.
==Specification==
The bitcoin: URI scheme is extended with an additional, optional
"request" parameter, whose value is a URL from which a PaymentRequest
"r" parameter, whose value is a URL from which a PaymentRequest
message should be fetched (unsafe and reserved octets in the URL value
must be encoded as described in RFC 1738).
If the "request" parameter is provided and backwards compatibility
If the "r" parameter is provided and backwards compatibility
is not required, then the bitcoin address portion of the URI may be
omitted (the URI will be of the form: bitcoin:?request=... ).
omitted (the URI will be of the form: bitcoin:?r=... ).
When Bitcoin wallet software that supports this BIP receives a
bitcoin: URI with a request parameter, it should ignore the bitcoin
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ described in BIP 70.
Bitcoin wallets must support fetching PaymentRequests via http and
https protocols; they may support other protocols. Wallets must
include an Accept HTTP header in HTTP requests:
include an Accept HTTP header in HTTP(s) requests:
<pre>Accept: application/bitcoin-paymentrequest</pre>
If a PaymentRequest cannot be obtained (perhaps the server is
@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ payment processing system is unavailable.
==Compatibility==
Wallet software that does not support this BIP will simply ignore the
request parameter and will initiate a payment to bitcoin address.
r parameter and will initiate a payment to bitcoin address.
==Examples==
A backwards-compatible request:
<pre>
bitcoin:mq7se9wy2egettFxPbmn99cK8v5AFq55Lx?amount=0.11&request=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
bitcoin:mq7se9wy2egettFxPbmn99cK8v5AFq55Lx?amount=0.11&r=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
</pre>
Non-backwards-compatible equivalent:
<pre>
bitcoin:?request=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
bitcoin:?r=https%3A%2F%2Fmerchant.com%2Fpay.php%3Fh%3D2a8628fc2fbe
</pre>