From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RaGS1-0002Yn-Jq for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:42:33 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from nm19-vm2.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.91.95]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with smtp (Exim 4.76) id 1RaGRz-0004YO-Dq for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:42:33 +0000 Received: from [98.138.90.55] by nm19.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Dec 2011 00:42:26 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.171] by tm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Dec 2011 00:42:26 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1027.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Dec 2011 00:42:26 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 249148.15190.bm@omp1027.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 83429 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Dec 2011 00:42:26 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: eq3rHfcVM1l2GfhA8wz1BRGGmJfrbMam.cS8SXNVjNvkr_b 7fYIdylFP3HUlqqqdSebB4pwvWDN2NA48CKb0Oy5BK0HbkjvABoLss5CsTeF iH67nxfxDUbV3D3Ejmp_XUFVi1g6sJvZcbobgNHU86p7BhKvJUrO5o_MvpAw f716pwi0sKa34OuaTeduI9.EGGQV7VzRsE7yKmU2r_cAnqoA717XcgXkHLvn qIX10UZ9ZAcZsCNUdvzqNcDLpZuIJB6V8G9Qngx9UrO.7si1T7qbzdwsZ3.q lwOm0kZ.QrxgFHF.SatqxCB5OGN8Urpt05u3qdZAaSwwx0zNDW2qNoo1wEc1 Fc0_4Brcm.T3VRMHyVPShi1.K0UuWm6fiU6K5wxjsoBOza7x5eFHxp52H7ez g Received: from [92.20.180.200] by web121001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:42:26 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.331698 References: <1323731781.42953.YahooMailClassic@web120920.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <201112121841.39864.luke@dashjr.org> Message-ID: <1323736946.58149.YahooMailNeo@web121001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:42:26 -0800 (PST) From: Amir Taaki To: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net" In-Reply-To: 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 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [98.138.91.95 listed in list.dnswl.org] 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (zgenjix[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 X-Headers-End: 1RaGRz-0004YO-Dq Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: [BIP 15] Aliases X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Amir Taaki List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:42:33 -0000 > I'm confused about the problem we're trying to solve. I was in brmlab and wanted to pay 1 BTC for a Club Mate. They had on the wall a picture of their QR code and a bitcoin address. I don't own a mobile phone so the QR code is useless. Then I remembered FirstBits, went to my terminal and typed 1brmlab. I got their bitcoin address from the website and copied that, then opened my terminal and pasted that in to send 1 BTC. And these proposals for Namecoin, would make bitcoin implementations dependent on unproven technology. HTTPS/DNSSEC have been around a long time and are responsible for many mission critical systems. There's a lot of momentum behind those projects. Namecoin by contrast, could die tomorrow. And it isn't a big deal that they're centralised. This is a convenience for end users and does not affect the core system much. tl;dr: usability