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| author | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2021-06-29 08:30:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2021-06-29 08:30:52 -0400 |
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diff --git a/openalias.html b/openalias.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2856560 --- /dev/null +++ b/openalias.html @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang=en> + <head> + <title>Open Alias – LandChad.net</title> + <meta charset="utf-8"/> + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> + <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='Land Chad RSS' href='/rss.xml'> + </head> +<body> + <header><h1>Open Alias</h1></header> + <nav></nav> + <main> + + <h2>The Problem</h2> + <p> + Cryptocurrency can be unintuitive. + After all, look at this annoying Monero address of ours: + </p> + + <ul> + <li>84RXmrsE7ffCe1ADprxLMHRpmyhZuWYScDR4YghE8pFRFSyLtiZFYwD6EPijVzD3aZiEpg57MfHEr1pGJNPXyJgENMnWrSh</li> + </ul> + + <p> + It breaks up pages and looks ugly. When you copy and paste it to send money, you might be paranoid that you somehow added an extra character in there. + That's all around a bad user experience. + </p> + + <h3>It would be nice...</h3> + + <p> + It would be nice if we could just input someone's email address or maybe a website and send Bitcoin or Monero to that instead. + So instead of that long jumble, it would be eaiser to just type in someone's website or email and sending them money that way. + </p> + + <h2>The Solution</h2> + <p>The <a href="https://openalias.org/">OpenAlias</a> standards are just that. + It uses <a href="dns.html">DNS</a> settings, which you know something about, to link a website or an email address with a cryptocurrency address. + It allows someone to simply put <code>landchad.net</code> or <code>chad@landchad.net</code> as a payment recipient and that will direct to that long address above. + </p> + + <p> + The default Monero wallet and Bitcoin's Electrum are already compatible with OpenAlias, as are a growing group of wallet software. + </p> + + <h2>Let's do it.</h2> + + <p> + Open up your domain registar (<a href="https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6">Epik</a>, if you have religiously followed our tutorials) and open up your DNS settings for the website you would like to add. + </p> + + <p> + Open the <strong>TXT record</strong> section. + Now, create an entry with text like that below: + </p> + +<pre><code>oa1:xmr recipient_address=<strong>84RXmrsE7ffCe1ADprxLMHRpmyhZuWYScDR4YghE8pFRFSyLtiZFYwD6EPijVzD3aZiEpg57MfHEr1pGJNPXyJgENMnWrSh</strong>; recipient_name=<strong>LandChad.net</strong>;</code></pre> + + <p>Obviously change the address to your desired address and you may also give a proper name for yourself (this may be multiple words). + Note that the entry above is <strong>all one line</strong>. + </p> + + <p> + Now create a new TXT entry and input this text into the <strong>TXT Value</strong> input box. + Note here that I have create two entries: + </p> + + <img src="pix/openalias-01.png" alt="openalias"> + + <p> + One entry's "Host" is left empty, this will allow people to send Monero by merely typing <code>landchad.net</code>. + </p> + + <p> + The second entry has "chad" as the "Host"; this will allow people to send money to <code>chad@landchad.net</code>, i.e. + this is how you allow people to connect a Monero address with an email address. + </p> + + <h3>Checking to see if it works...</h3> + <p> + Let's check to see if it works. + In the Monero wallet, we can now type in <code>landchad.net</code> as a recipient: + </p> + <img src="pix/openalias-02.png" alt="checking"> + + <p> + And once we press the "Resolve" button, it automatically turns into that address we gave to the DNS! + </p> + + <img src="pix/openalias-03.png" alt="It works!"> + + <p> + Now people can donate Monero to you without having to worry about QR codes or copying-and-pasting super-long public addresses! + </p> + + <h3>Now with Bitcoin!</h3> + + <p> + OpenAlias was originally developed for Monero, but since it's such a good idea, Bitcoin wallets have implemented it as well, so let's add some TXT entries for Bitcoin. + The OpenAlias TXT records have the same format, except for the <strong>xmr</strong> at the beginning is replaced with <strong>btc</strong> and obviously we use a Bitcoin address instead of Monero. + </p> + +<pre><code>oa1:<strong>btc</strong> recipient_address=<strong>bc1q9f3tmkhnxj8gduytdktlcw8yrnx3g028nzzsc5</strong>; recipient_name=<strong>LandChad.net</strong>;</code></pre> + + <p>Add the TXT entries in and save:</p> + + <img src="pix/openalias-04.png" alt="bitcoin openalias entries"> + + <p>And we can then check that it's working by trying to send money to <code>landchad.net</code> in Electrum. + See that it automatically appends the address! + </p> + <img src="pix/openalias-05.png" alt="electrum resolves an openalias"> + + <p> + And that's it. Now users can easily send your website or email address Bitcoin or Monero without having to worry about hard to read addresses and QR codes. + </p> + + </main> + <footer><a href="https://landchad.net">LandChad.net</a></br>Because Everyone should be an Internet LandChad.</br><li><a href="index.html"><img src="pix/chad.gif" alt="chad"></a></li><li><a href="rss.xml"><img src="pix/rss.svg" alt="RSS"></a></li><li><a href="pix/btc.png"><img src="pix/btc.svg" alt="BTC"></a></li><li><a href="pix/xmr.png"><img src="pix/xmr.svg" alt="XMR"></a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/landchad"><img src="pix/git.svg" alt="Github"></a></footer> +</body> +</html> |