BIP 21

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    Also known as:
    
    Bitcoin URI scheme
    
  

  

  
  
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 21 defining the bitcoin: URI scheme for payment requests. The format bitcoin:<address>?amount=<btc>&label=<name> is the standard way to encode Bitcoin payment information in QR codes.


  



  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

    
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      EMV QR Code
      
    

  

  
  

  
  
  

    
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