<p><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki" rel="nofollow">Bip 70</a> This BIP describes a protocol for communication between a merchant and their customer, enabling both a better customer experience and better security against man-in-the-middle attacks on the payment process. </p>

<p>On of the key features of this proposal is: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>PaymentRequests include a user-friendly description of what the
  payment is for</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Will hopefully be released with Bitcoin-Qt 0.9</p>

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2014-01-25T17:37:31.057Z
2014-01-25T17:37:31.057Z
Jonathan Rogiest
<p>When looking at the details of a transaction (Show Transaction Details), the From: field is always set to 'unknown'.
Is it possible to add a 'From' parameter to the API so some meaningful description can be sent with the transaction? A 50 text character would suffice.</p>

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Bitcoin-qt Show Transaction Details
Mariusz Adamczyk
# Bitcoin-qt Show Transaction Details

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-25)

When looking at the details of a transaction (Show Transaction Details), the From: field is always set to 'unknown'.
Is it possible to add a 'From' parameter to the API so some meaningful description can be sent with the transaction? A 50 text character would suffice.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, api


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-25. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

[Bip 70](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki) This BIP describes a protocol for communication between a merchant and their customer, enabling both a better customer experience and better security against man-in-the-middle attacks on the payment process.

On of the key features of this proposal is:

> PaymentRequests include a user-friendly description of what the
> payment is for

Will hopefully be released with Bitcoin-Qt 0.9


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