From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RaF6h-0008EW-KT for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:16:27 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from nm31-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.229.40]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with smtp (Exim 4.76) id 1RaF6g-0000Dm-Qa for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:16:27 +0000 Received: from [98.138.90.57] by nm31.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Dec 2011 23:16:21 -0000 Received: from [98.138.88.235] by tm10.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Dec 2011 23:16:21 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1035.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Dec 2011 23:16:21 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 649122.75442.bm@omp1035.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 46030 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Dec 2011 23:16:21 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: l4nGnYIVM1mq12xVQUepgmnzmgW2uLpSE0Qe36Ez2.2SWAX 0aeIrT9sXgJueOVUh.1SyUMiPxl60SQcgbxGf4Cnev1iiLrTnGar2cCZ5gT. Ml32gtxe9NXLzyjDx0t.U6jEIN32iHRt5f7WgFLY9N7tUPBiEFtdqLoLhDvI ggSWC.RNgu3dh9xSMvqFV0UjACAv5vnxbp0LY27jPeEWjvGgVZXIOg2hUTEv Ayd6tMV59GFcStLcnIfBOzEvcnauvynIniCjtgpnK8T4z4UFUBWRywD73fMI UZfpV4kEpN7a8SVv0NtwYw7UOsuSUvTw8gnZvxjqdTLN9nHw1n4Idc2jXxSP R6MBcXCL6p97zdzncbhPpDkIFC2a6ilh9pa11OOyvCsqXZ9K1ncB4_THlt4S IWbG1enWISFG5roolSNsJqR3eKSXoIeBmn8pfL0lzLzAy8jF3U87BSIAhau7 39nQ- Received: from [108.8.7.210] by web120920.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:16:21 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/15.0.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.331698 Message-ID: <1323731781.42953.YahooMailClassic@web120920.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:16:21 -0800 (PST) From: Zell Faze To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (zellfaze[at]yahoo.com) -2.3 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [98.138.229.40 listed in list.dnswl.org] X-Headers-End: 1RaF6g-0000Dm-Qa Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [BIP 15] Aliases X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:16:27 -0000 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 wrote: > From: Luke-Jr > Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [BIP 15] Aliases > To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net, "Amir Taaki" > 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.