Payment Addressing (PayTo Protocol Prefix)

title: bsvalias Payment Addressing (PayTo Protocol Prefix)
author: andy (nChain)
version: 1

The PayTo Protocol Prefix specification defines the URI prefix payto: to mean launch a paymail payment to the specified paymail handle. Additional query string parameters MAY be included; these are defined below.

paymail client implementers SHOULD ensure that their application is registered with the target device operating system as a protocol/deeplink handler for the payto: protocol prefix.

Full Specification

payto:<receiver>?amount=<amount>&purpose=<purpose>

Token	Required	Description
receiver	✓	<alias>@<domain>.<tld> formatted paymail handle, for example payments@example.org
amount		Integer number of satoshis to be paid.
purpose		Human-readable description of the purpose of the payment

Capability Discovery

This specification governs client-side behaviour. No specific capabilities are delivered by paymail implementations.