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gbaygon on April 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin URL scheme whitelisted in HTML5

According to the link in the comment:

"The purpose of this URI scheme is to enable users to easily make payments by simply clicking links on webpages or scanning QR Codes."

Source: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0021

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