diff --git a/_includes/guide_payment_processing.md b/_includes/guide_payment_processing.md index c721ca58..affea0f7 100644 --- a/_includes/guide_payment_processing.md +++ b/_includes/guide_payment_processing.md @@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ aware of the payment protocol, it accesses the URL specified in the `r` parameter, which should provide it with a serialized PaymentRequest served with the [MIME][] type `application/bitcoin-paymentrequest`. +**Resource:** Gavin Andresen's [Payment Request Generator][] generates +custom example URIs and payment requests for use with testnet. + {% endautocrossref %} ##### PaymentRequest & PaymentDetails diff --git a/_includes/ref_block_chain.md b/_includes/ref_block_chain.md index 98e2ebf1..134ddb9a 100644 --- a/_includes/ref_block_chain.md +++ b/_includes/ref_block_chain.md @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ spend any transaction fees paid by transactions included in this block. All blocks with a block height less than 6,930,000 are entitled to receive a [block reward][]{:#term-block-reward}{:.term} of newly created bitcoin value, which also should be spent in the coinbase transaction. (The block reward started -at 50 bitcoins and is being halved approximately every four years. As of -April 2014, it's 25 bitcoins.) A coinbase transaction is invalid if it +at 50 bitcoins and is being halved every 210,000 blocks---approximately once every four years. As of +June 2014, it's 25 bitcoins.) A coinbase transaction is invalid if it tries to spend more value than is available from the transaction fees and block reward. diff --git a/_includes/references.md b/_includes/references.md index c7c832df..06969287 100644 --- a/_includes/references.md +++ b/_includes/references.md @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ [MIME]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type [Merge Avoidance subsection]: /en/developer-guide#merge-avoidance [mozrootstore]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/security-group/certs/ +[Payment Request Generator]: http://bitcoincore.org/~gavin/createpaymentrequest.php [Piotr Piasecki's testnet faucet]: https://tpfaucet.appspot.com/ [prime symbol]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_%28symbol%29 [protobuf]: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/