BSVAlias
SVAlias is a set of standards assembled to make it simple for individual domains to incorporate wallet services. These services can be run by the domain or through a third party.
The goals of SVAlias are:
- User friendly payments
- Permissionless implementation
- Self hosting
- Automatic discovery process
- PKI infrastructure (IPV4)
- Security
- Extensibility
Paymail leverages SVAlias into a set of protocols that allows BSV wallets to receive payments using email addresses as handles.
The protocols allow for flexibility in capabilities and implementation.
Service Discovery
The Service Discovery Process is split into two phases:
- Host Discovery
- Capability Discovery
Host Discovery
Host Discovery is a DNS based lookup of the responsible host for a given paymail alias.
Paymail can be:
- Self hosted
- Hosted using 3rd party providers (done using a DNS SRV record)
This makes Paymail compatible with the internet infrastructure we have today
Capability Discovery
Once the Paymail host has been identified, the sending party must learn its supported features
This is in the format of a machine readable (JSON) document which is placed on the host web server in the .well-known folder:
https://<target>:<port>/.well-known/bsvalias
Capabilities of a host are not necessarily reflected in an individual account.