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Last active October 8, 2020 09:17
PayID 2.0 Thoughts

PayID 2.0 Thoughts

The High-Level Problem:

Even though PayID is an incredibly simple protocol, some of the design decisions make it hard to host a PayID payload as a static file in a way that follows the protocol. Most of the problems stem from the use of headers, which a static JSON file cannot set. We should revisit those design decisions to see if we can iterate PayID to a place where it’s easy to use static files.

Problem #1: PayID Versioning

Currently, PayID Versioning happens at a few places: