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3 messages, 9 to 10 Nov 2013. Started by Chris Evans.
Chris Evans, Luke Dashjr, Wladimir J. van der Laan
maybe add an optional note field to transaction so the receiver knows who sent the btc
-chris
On Saturday, November 09, 2013 8:16:07 PM Chris Evans wrote:
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> maybe add an optional note field to transaction so the receiver knows who > sent the btc
This mailing list is for development discussion, NOT bug reports nor feature requests.
Bitcoin does not currently support any built-in mechanism for conveying the sender of a transaction nor notes. It is advised to collect any such information you need before giving someone a payment address.
Luke
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Chris Evans <aaxiomfinity@gmail•com> wrote:
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> maybe add an optional note field to transaction so the receiver knows who > sent the > btc >
This has been discussed many times. But in any case: If you encounter this as a problem it means you are re-using addresses, which is discouraged for good reasons.
Otherwise, when someone wants to send you BTC they need to request a new receiving address from you. Along with this request they can also send a message, over whatever channel is used to negotiate the payment.
If you're just posting a static bitcoin address somewhere for donations, consider it an anonymous (wel, pseudonymous) gift jar.
Regards, Wladimir