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diff --git a/openalias.html b/openalias.html deleted file mode 100644 index dd11629..0000000 --- a/openalias.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,123 +0,0 @@ -<!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><code class=crypto>84RXmrsE7ffCe1ADprxLMHRpmyhZuWYScDR4YghE8pFRFSyLtiZFYwD6EPijVzD3aZiEpg57MfHEr1pGJNPXyJgENMnWrSh</code></p> - </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 easier 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> - - <a href=pix/openalias-01.png><img src="pix/openalias-01.png" alt="openalias"></a> - - <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> - <a href=pix/openalias-02.png><img src="pix/openalias-02.png" alt="checking"></a> - - <p> - And once we press the "Resolve" button, it automatically turns into that address we gave to the DNS! - </p> - - <a href=pix/openalias-03.png><img src="pix/openalias-03.png" alt="It works!"></a> - - <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> - - <a href=pix/openalias-04.png><img src="pix/openalias-04.png" alt="bitcoin openalias entries"></a> - - <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> - <a href=pix/openalias-05.png><img src="pix/openalias-05.png" alt="electrum resolves an openalias"></a> - - <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><a href="index.html"><li><img src="pix/chad.gif" alt="chad"></li></a><a href="rss.xml"><li><img src="pix/rss.svg" alt="RSS"></li></a><a href="pix/btc.png"><li><img src="pix/btc.svg" alt="BTC"></li></a><a href="pix/xmr.png"><li><img src="pix/xmr.svg" alt="XMR"></li></a><a href="https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/landchad"><li><img src="pix/git.svg" alt="Github"></li></a></footer> -</body> -</html> |