[furyg3]

Slightly OT: Why would you ever put a QR code on a web page instead of a link?

If I'm on my computer, I'm not going to pull out my phone to scan it. If I'm on my phone, how would I even scan it?

[jonasvp]

In general, I completely agree (though I have never seen it happen before). This is not a link, however, but a bitcoin address encoded as a QR code.

I - as do many others - have a Bitcoin wallet application with some change on my phone. Having the QR code here makes it easier to contribute something.

[dave1010uk]

Bitcoin addresses can be URIs: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/URI_Scheme

[larelli]

Here's a very funny rant about the overuse of QR codes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rVYvylvZc

[Achshar]

Its for times when you want to open a link on your phone when you are reading it on the computer. Like the Chrome to phone chrome extension.