On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Pieter Wuille <pieter.wui...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 02:21:09PM -0800, Amir Taaki wrote: >> I wrote this pre-draft:
[snip] > > To conclude: my suggestion would be to use URLs as address identifiers, > optionally suffixed with a bitcoin address for authentication. > This means my "address" would be either "sipa.be/pw.btc" or > "sipa.be/pw.btc$14TYdpodQQDKVgvUUcpaMzjJwhQ4KYsipa" (where "https://";) > is an implicit default. Initiating a payment to either of these would > result in a GET of https://sipa.be/pw.btc. When a transaction is > constructed, it is POSTed back to that URL. > > If we can agree on reasonable hardcoded mapping, p...@sipa.be could just > be a shorthand for either of these (though vulnerable to proofing...). I believe that any URI scheme will still leverage DNS and inherit any base issues you would have with TXT records. I suggest looking at DANE and reviewing their work on hardening certificate (x.509) infrastructure as your HTTPS scheme will inherit the issues we currently experience with CAs getting p0wned. Hardening the protocols and usability are related. Please look at some of the work done in the IETF which has a long history in addressing many of the issues you are considering. Review some of the elegance in the bitcoin protocols. The proposals in this thread are neither clear nor elegant. If you can't reach nearly the same level of sophistication then I suggest you rethink your scheme. -rick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
