<p>I took a look <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/1984225">this</a>. Bitcoin doesn't reply fit any of these perfectly, but I think it is a URI in that it uniquely identifies a Bitcoin account. The issue is that Bitcoin doesn't really have a location function. I suppose you could say that you can locate Bitcoin address history, but that's not really the purpose of a <code>bitcoin:</code> link. I'm going to say no, it is not a URL. It is however a URN.</p>

<p>EDIT: <code>mailto:</code> is a URL the same way a HTTP URL is. It has a domain name and states the location for sending something. Given this example, I'll change my answer to yes.</p>

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I updated my question with a `mailto` URL scheme comparison. You still tend to no?
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<p>Hi given that bitcoin:1335STSwu9hST4vcMRppEPgENMHD2r1REK is a valid URI. Is it a valid <strong>URL</strong> (locator!) as well?</p>
<p>I tend to say yes when I compare sending bitcoins to a <code>bitcoin:</code> URI with sending mails to a <code>mailto:</code> URI. The latter is according to <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2368" rel="nofollow noreferrer">RFC 2368</a> an URL scheme.</p>

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# Is the bicoin: URI scheme an URL scheme as well?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-01)

Hi given that bitcoin:1335STSwu9hST4vcMRppEPgENMHD2r1REK is a valid URI. Is it a valid **URL** (locator!) as well?

I tend to say yes when I compare sending bitcoins to a `bitcoin:` URI with sending mails to a `mailto:` URI. The latter is according to [RFC 2368](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2368) an URL scheme.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-02. Score: 2

I took a look [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1984225). Bitcoin doesn't reply fit any of these perfectly, but I think it is a URI in that it uniquely identifies a Bitcoin account. The issue is that Bitcoin doesn't really have a location function. I suppose you could say that you can locate Bitcoin address history, but that's not really the purpose of a `bitcoin:` link. I'm going to say no, it is not a URL. It is however a URN.

EDIT: `mailto:` is a URL the same way a HTTP URL is. It has a domain name and states the location for sending something. Given this example, I'll change my answer to yes.

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> **username_0**: I updated my question with a `mailto` URL scheme comparison. You still tend to no?  

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