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A Payment ID is an encrypted, arbitrary and optional transaction attachment that consists of 8 bytes. A Payment ID is usually used to identify transactions to merchants and exchanges: Given the intrinsic privacy features built into Monero, where a single public address is often used for incoming transactions, a Payment ID is useful to tie incoming payments with user accounts.

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Given a view key, can you see payment ids?

Anyone without the view key can see the 'long' payment ID (64-char hex string). Here's an example: https://xmrchain.net/tx/09b862419da472c03fc9cb956fc3bd299ec8d36b88a58a79f88c34418de85bb5 Note tha …
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