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URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration

BIP 122, URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration. A URI scheme for looking up blocks, transactions and addresses on a Blockchain explorer, or in general to make proper Blockchain references.

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Authors: Marco Pontello
Date: 2015
Publisher: Marco Pontello
Version: Source cited by the 2015 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0524
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Official source — BIP 122
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Canonical readingBIP 122 study
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Author–date

Pontello, M. (2015). URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration. Marco Pontello. https://bips.dev/122

BibTeX

@techreport{bip1222015,
  title = {URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration},
  author = {Marco Pontello},
  year = {2015},
  institution = {Marco Pontello},
  url = {https://bips.dev/122},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bip-122}
}

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TI  - URI scheme for Blockchain references / exploration
AU  - Marco Pontello
PY  - 2015
PB  - Marco Pontello
UR  - https://bips.dev/122
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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