Re: [Bitcoin-development] Way to tell that transaction was issued by a specific person/company

2013-08-22 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Maciej Trebacz wrote: > So if you have multiple addresses you can't > sign them with a single private key and include that signature in the > transaction so other party can verify it against your public key. This could > become very handy though - a reputable wall

[Bitcoin-development] Way to tell that transaction was issued by a specific person/company

2013-08-22 Thread Maciej Trebacz
As far as I know current Bitcoin protocol doesn't let you to include any arbitrary data with the transactions (as it would become non-standard and clients would not relay it). So if you have multiple addresses you can't sign them with a single private key and include that signature in the transacti

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-22 Thread Wladimir
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Mike Hearn wrote: > That would be annoying for testing. Regtest mode allows you to create a > new block by just running "setgenerate true" (it switches itself off after > creating a block). If you had to set up a complicated set of separate > programs just to do r

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-22 Thread Mike Hearn
That would be annoying for testing. Regtest mode allows you to create a new block by just running "setgenerate true" (it switches itself off after creating a block). If you had to set up a complicated set of separate programs just to do regtest mode that'd be a step backwards, IMO. On Thu, Aug 22

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-22 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Maciej Trebacz wrote: > Will removing "getwork" from the client impact the "setgenerate" RPC call? > I.e. would you still be able to generate coins on testnet-in-a-box this way, > or would you need a dedicated miner for that? testnet-in-a-box is very > useful for t

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-22 Thread Maciej Trebacz
Will removing "getwork" from the client impact the "setgenerate" RPC call? I.e. would you still be able to generate coins on testnet-in-a-box this way, or would you need a dedicated miner for that? testnet-in-a-box is very useful for testing and easy to setup, it would be great if it stays that way