From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1W48bx-000444-1D for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:33:21 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from p3plsmtp11-06-2.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([173.201.192.44] helo=p3plwbeout11-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1W48bv-0000db-QD for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:33:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([173.201.192.118]) by p3plwbeout11-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with bizsmtp id F0Gd1n0012ZjpT9010Gd1k; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:16:38 -0700 X-SID: F0Gd1n0012ZjpT901 Received: (qmail 29163 invoked by uid 99); 17 Jan 2014 12:16:37 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_e3bb7b3f2c2270e3fdf179fdd0684ac9" To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net From: joseph@vaughn.perling.com In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:16:37 -0700 Message-Id: <20140117051637.134af40d74b4eb975f2c12a66e6f27b1.2ca9e657d3.mailapi@email11.secureserver.net> X-Originating-IP: 76.205.148.125 User-Agent: MailAPI 24838 X-Sender: joseph@vaughn.perling.com X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message X-Headers-End: 1W48bv-0000db-QD Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Stealth 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: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:33:21 -0000 --=_e3bb7b3f2c2270e3fdf179fdd0684ac9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On naming, please allow consideration of "Confidential address". Less conflation with "private key", connotes confidence, and as the address= is known to the transacting parties, it is a precisely accurate name. =20 One of the use cases for these will be in multinational corporate internal = international settlement. For a company to use bitcoin for its internal se= ttlement and maintain confidence that competitors will not be able to suss = out its transactions, these confidential addresses will be of great use. =20 =20 Stealth connotes stealing, theft, hiding, fear, sneakiness, stealth bombers= =2E Maybe it is a good name, but not the best name. --=_e3bb7b3f2c2270e3fdf179fdd0684ac9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On naming, please allow consideration of "Confidential address".
Less conflation with "private key", connotes confidence, and as the ad= dress is known to the transacting parties, it is a precisely accurate name= =2E
 
One of the use cases for these will be in multinational corporate inte= rnal international settlement.  For a company to use bitcoin for its i= nternal settlement and maintain confidence that competitors will not be abl= e to suss out its transactions, these confidential addresses will be of gre= at use.
 
 
Stealth connotes stealing, theft, hiding, fear, sneakiness, stealth bo= mbers.  Maybe it is a good name, but not the best name.
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