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-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WTxQ0-0002WE-Mj for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:51:44 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gnomon.org.uk designates 93.93.131.22 as permitted sender) client-ip=93.93.131.22; envelope-from=roy@gnomon.org.uk; helo=darla.gnomon.org.uk; Received: from darla.gnomon.org.uk ([93.93.131.22]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1WTxPz-0005io-8c for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:51:44 +0000 Received: from darla.gnomon.org.uk (localhost.gnomon.org.uk [127.0.0.1]) by darla.gnomon.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s2THpUXK056363 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:51:35 GMT (envelope-from roy@darla.gnomon.org.uk) Received: (from roy@localhost) by darla.gnomon.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.1/Submit) id s2THpUuw056362; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:51:30 GMT (envelope-from roy) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:51:30 +0000 From: Roy Badami To: Matt Whitlock Message-ID: <20140329175130.GI62995@giles.gnomon.org.uk> References: <5336FBE7.7030209@gmail.com> <20140329172815.GH62995@giles.gnomon.org.uk> <8171920.tjDNGQmgQK@crushinator> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8171920.tjDNGQmgQK@crushinator> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) 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_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.4 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1WTxPz-0005io-8c Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Presenting a BIP for Shamir's Secret Sharing of Bitcoin private keys 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, 29 Mar 2014 17:51:44 -0000 On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 01:42:01PM -0400, Matt Whitlock wrote: > On Saturday, 29 March 2014, at 5:28 pm, Roy Badami wrote: > > Right now there are also people simply taking base58-encoded private > > keys and running them through ssss-split. > > > > It has a lot going for it, since it can easily be reassembled on any > > Linux machine without special software (B Poettering's Linux command > > line SSSS implementation[1] seems to be included in most Linux distros). > > > > roy > > > > [1] http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/ > > Respectfully, it's also possible to take a base58-encoded private key and run it through GPG, which is included in most Linux distros. But yet we have BIP38. And yet, how many wallets can import BIP38 keys? If someone gave me one I would have no idea what software (if any) can understand it (nor would I have any idea how to generate one in the first place). Anyway, I'm not arguing against standardising these things - if people are going to implement this then of course it's beneficial that they implement it compatibly. It was just a simple observation - make of it what you will. roy