Re: [bitcoin-dev] Named Bitcoin Addresses

2015-09-11 Thread Kristov Atlas via bitcoin-dev
I applaud your brainstorming efforts! :) But I dislike just about everything about this proposal. Bitcoin addresses should never be reused, for privacy and security reasons documented extensively online. I definitely do not want my computer to maintain a registry of every address in the world any

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Named Bitcoin Addresses

2015-09-11 Thread Andy Chase via bitcoin-dev
What's some more information about the "memorizing and sharing" use case? In most cases if you wanted someone to send you money you'd send them a payment request via email (or just send them your address). There's a bunch of solutions to your problem listed here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/bl

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Named Bitcoin Addresses

2015-09-10 Thread Mark Friedenbach via bitcoin-dev
Are you aware of the payment protocol? On Sep 10, 2015 2:12 PM, "essofluffy . via bitcoin-dev" < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > An issue I'm sure everyone here is familiar with is the problem concerning > the fact that Bitcoin addresses are too complex to memorize

[bitcoin-dev] Named Bitcoin Addresses

2015-09-10 Thread essofluffy . via bitcoin-dev
Hi Everyone, An issue I'm sure everyone here is familiar with is the problem concerning the fact that Bitcoin addresses are too complex to memorize and share. Current Bitcoin addresses can be very intimidating to new users. As Bitcoin grows it's necessary to provide a much more user friendly exper