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BIP15,20: add missing words (#1822)

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[[bip-0070.mediawiki|BIP 0070]] (payment protocol) may be seen as the alternative to Aliases.
Using vanilla bitcoin, to send funds to a destination, an address in the form 1Hd44nkJfNAcPJeZyrGC5sKJS1TzgmCTjjZ is needed. The problem with using addresses is they are not easy to remember. An analogy can be thought if one were required to enter the IP address of their favourite websites if domain names did not exist.
Using vanilla bitcoin, to send funds to a destination, an address in the form 1Hd44nkJfNAcPJeZyrGC5sKJS1TzgmCTjjZ is needed. The problem with using addresses is that they are not easy to remember. An analogy can be thought if one were required to enter the IP address of their favourite websites if domain names did not exist.
This document aims to layout through careful argument, a bitcoin alias system. This is a big modification to the protocol that is not easily changed in the future and has big ramifications. There is impetus in getting it correct the first time. Aliases have to be robust and secure.

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@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Graphical bitcoin clients SHOULD register themselves as the handler for the "bit
*label: Label for that address (e.g. name of receiver)
*address: bitcoin address
*message: message that shown to the user after scanning the QR code
*message: message that is shown to the user after scanning the QR code
*size: amount of base bitcoin units ([[#Transfer amount/size|see below]])
*send: used to send bitcoin, rather than to request them
*(others): optional, for future extensions