I agree with Luke-Jr. We need to try to find a decentralized solution if we are going to implement BIP 15. Bitcoin needs to remain decentralized in every aspect of the protocol or we lose its greatest strength.
I feel like the HTTPS idea would be a great idea for a client feature, but not really something that should be added to the protocol. --- On Mon, 12/12/11, Luke-Jr <l...@dashjr.org> wrote: > From: Luke-Jr <l...@dashjr.org> > Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [BIP 15] Aliases > To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net, "Amir Taaki" > <zgen...@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, December 12, 2011, 5:32 PM > FirstBits looks nice at glance, but > is bound to create a gold-rush to grab > every nice-looking FirstBits address. > > HTTPS is only as secure as the (centralized) CAs, thus not > really any better > than TXT records. > > I don't think an address of some form is avoidable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
