Guest Posted March 20, 2018 I'm not a programmer or even very technical, so this might be ludicrous... but I'm curious about the XRPL's Memo Field for communicating certain data. I realize there's a 1kb data limit. That's fine. But, the main obstacle for creating e.g. an app where you need a Memo for each transaction seems to be that "normal" Ripple users (dummies like me), afaict either don't know how/where to add this field in and/or do not have access to a wallet that has this feature. Many online/offline wallets do seem to have a destination tag or other fields, but I need specifically a memo field for the idea I have. So... how difficult would it be for a developer to create an app/wallet that allows very simple payments (e.g. only in XRP) that allows for the memo field to be filled in? Pardon my technical ignorance. Many thanks. zd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EasterBunny 139 Posted March 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, zerpdigger said: So... how difficult would it be for a developer to create an app/wallet that allows very simple payments (e.g. only in XRP) that allows for the memo field to be filled in? @pftq has done exactly this. https://www.theworldexchange.net/ I'm almost certain that his chat box uses the memo field. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
otstudio 313 Posted March 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, zerpdigger said: So... how difficult would it be for a developer to create an app/wallet that allows very simple payments (e.g. only in XRP) that allows for the memo field to be filled in? Harbor wallet over at Secure Block Chains has the memo field in for transactions or escrows. https://www.secureblockchains.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukrim 1,764 Posted March 20, 2018 https://ripplerm.github.io/ripple-wallet/ too, if you switch to advanced mode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxEntropy 128 Posted March 20, 2018 Memo Field is NOT available to 3rd party developers. It is now reserved for X.500 Directory addresses. :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 20, 2018 Just now, MaxEntropy said: It is now reserved for X.500 Directory addresses. oh really? not sure what these directory addresses are, can you explain? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxEntropy 128 Posted March 20, 2018 @tomxcs Oh come on, I am only having fun with the newbies... they will not know of Ripple's darker obsessions with X.500. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) When you're creating your transaction, the Memo field is optional and a simple addition to the transaction data array. In other words, if you're already creating some kind of wallet or transaction signing app, the Memo field is not a problem to add. Edited March 22, 2018 by Guest Typo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukrim 1,764 Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, MaxEntropy said: Memo Field is NOT available to 3rd party developers. It is now reserved for X.500 Directory addresses. :-) This is not correct, neither the "not available" part nor the x500 one. Please don't spread misinformation. I would also not call someone with 2.7k posts here "newbie"... Edited March 21, 2018 by Sukrim 1 flanman reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbjnr 1,351 Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 4:51 PM, MaxEntropy said: they will not know of Ripple's darker obsessions with X.500 s/Ripple's darker obsessions/Max's darker obsessions/g Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 22, 2018 On 20/03/2018 at 3:56 PM, tomxcs said: When you're creating your transaction, the Memo field is optional and a simple addition transaction array. In other words, if you're already creating some kind of wallet or transaction signing app, the Memo field is not a problem to add. 20 hours ago, Sukrim said: This is not correct, neither the "not available" part nor the x500 one. thank you both Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tulo 3,023 Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 3:22 PM, zerpdigger said: So... how difficult would it be for a developer to create an app/wallet that allows very simple payments (e.g. only in XRP) that allows for the memo field to be filled in? It's trivial. Only it doesn't have a real specific usage nowadays, so standard wallets don't use that field. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites