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([2a02:8108:8200:1c80:b83d:17d8:682c:3236]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k14sm1195104ejp.89.2019.10.05.14.57.48 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 05 Oct 2019 14:57:49 -0700 (PDT) To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org From: Emil Engler Message-ID: <58e44347-6eee-a0c3-3b8a-965c7450780e@emilengler.com> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 23:57:48 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------C0BCA3EC5D577492E83BD9B2" Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 07:56:48 +0000 Subject: [bitcoin-dev] BIPable-idea: Consistent and better definition of the term 'address' X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 21:57:52 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C0BCA3EC5D577492E83BD9B2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello dear mailing list subscribers. Before I'll explain my idea here, I need to define a term first 'address': When I use the terms address, pubkey, etc., I mean the same: The Base58 string Ok now let's get into it: As you should know, sending bitcoins to an address more than once is a very bad approach. In my opinion the problem why so many people are still doing this is because of the term 'address' which is used in lots of wallets, implementations, BIP 21 and so on. It is a design issue. With the term 'address' most people identify things that are fixed and don't change really often (e.g postal address, IP address [depends on provider], Domain, E-Mail address, ...). Because of this most people compare bitcoin addresses with e-mail addresses and use this address to send the recipient money multiple times= =2E My suggestion would be to change the term address in wallets, the URI scheme and so on to something of the following options by a Informational/Process BIP: * Payment Password * Transaction Password * ... The guideline for the term should indicate that it is: * temporary * Something that identifies the recipient I've chosen 'password' because they can be used as a pseudonym to identify a person. This is already used in stuff like bank transfers where something like the transaction id should be used as the purpose or at universities there are student numbers. The first is probably a better example because student numbers aren't temporary. What do you think? Should I write a BIP for this or use another term? 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