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-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RbwvT-0005dv-Fd for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:15:55 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bluematt.me designates 173.246.101.161 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.246.101.161; envelope-from=bitcoin-list@bluematt.me; helo=mail.bluematt.me; Received: from vps.bluematt.me ([173.246.101.161] helo=mail.bluematt.me) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1RbwvS-0000Sf-ET for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:15:55 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.106] (unknown [67.213.41.48]) by mail.bluematt.me (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC12D3E0 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:10:12 +0100 (CET) From: Matt Corallo To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: References: <201112170132.26201.luke@dashjr.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:15:46 -0500 Message-ID: <1324138546.29801.3.camel@BMThinkPad.lan.bluematt.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -3.7 (---) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -2.2 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1RbwvS-0000Sf-ET Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Pubkey addresses 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: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:15:55 -0000 On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 12:14 +0100, Jorge Tim=C3=B3n wrote: > Don't know much about QR codes, but I thought they have a length limita= tion. > Why jav wants to use not just addresses but firstbits then? Under no circumstances should the use of firstbits ever be supported. It doesn't scale, not even close, especially as we (hopefully) move towards SPV clients. Also, it provides incentives for people to spam the chain to get a firstbits address. Never should that be supported. Matt