- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:54:56 +0100
- To: opentransact@googlegroups.com
- Cc: Web Payments <public-webpayments@w3.org>
On 24 January 2012 16:22, Pelle Braendgaard <pelle@stakeventures.com> wrote: > Great simple spec. > > I realize that this was based on PaySwarm and not OpenTransact. But with a > couple of parameter name changes it would be OpenTransact compliant. Also > I'd suggest you have a URL form encode option to make it simple to integrate > with web forms. > > BTW I love the Tim Berners-Lee quote on the page, which is exactly we have > made the design choices we have made in OpenTransact: > > "The way the Web spread was a piece at a time. So you could take html > without taking http. So the failure of NEXT was a lesson, don’t try to sell > it all at one time. Sell each piece on its own merits. Never insist that > everybody take all. They will take all the pieces once they see how it fits > together." The prototype of the first app should be available here: http://opentabs.data.fm/ Please be aware that it's still alpha-ish code > > > P > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Here's a quick writeup of what I previously posted as the opentabs >> protocol. I've codenamed it 'Web Credits' for now and put it on the >> wiki. >> >> Introduction >> ========== >> >> Web Credits is an ultra simple system for storing and transferring >> IOUs (credits) between agents. >> >> *The aim of this spec is not to exceed 2 pages*, be usable to create >> distributed payments, and arbitrarily extensible to add encryption, >> workflow, trust and aggregation systems of your chosing. >> >> 95%+ of the money in the world is in the form of an IOU. A bank >> balance is an IOU from the bank to you, Cash is often an IOU from a >> govt. to an individual. >> >> The protocol is inspired by the Linked Data and PaySwarm standards, >> and is a usable subset that focuses on the data layer (JSON) and >> communication to apps (HTTP). >> >> [Read More] >> >> http://webcredits.org/ >> > > > > -- > http://picomoney.com - Like money, just smaller > http://stakeventures.com - My blog about startups and agile banking
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