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 1WzSxi-0008GT-5l for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:48:46 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 74.125.82.43 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.43; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-wg0-f43.google.com; Received: from mail-wg0-f43.google.com ([74.125.82.43]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WzSxf-0005E8-VG for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:48:46 +0000 Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id b13so575423wgh.14 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:48:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=L/z6BY+EyxpTxLBJX4jCl6xS44H6rDdyG0tC/WgOjKA=; b=gLzTVXOzZceiJLlvZw9M6pzYIjRQjWsc6n9PG0LD1C2JUFE6jbmcLlYBRzb+qUiaHU loZAwDN8k+WhBKJPakpvaHsrG6A5h40euvwsVLqKT9qm14Rmn3yjN2wk+gXb3/AW0t3B Oseq2lI43sfBm9vFhAyrXqLswAhQVX8Dqlf5EJ3L7Iw3h2pDS3iR87HvM+syKb+V2XTF LJKrzr0xMk8r8M132zGDpr1ttvkfTMrVEAf6MLhTNVXiYXt7khRrJIB8mFGErBennoL9 +Zkkb4IPKMqFNKh4JoqRulhF7MbjeghbWEDSEJprAQ37So2OxOHD8jWtRu3zwb0Mhe3t KeIw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnWyEMSed15L9dnsnQgtC47+D6cEu1Byn+EFt8RYx9IjNQ00E0gJ23QTh7qUHNGcrJtGeKb X-Received: by 10.180.92.138 with SMTP id cm10mr1423367wib.36.1403624915951; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:48:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.195.12.3 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:48:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6E6F88E9-5698-419B-927C-F65A5FCABBE9@gmail.com> References: <6E6F88E9-5698-419B-927C-F65A5FCABBE9@gmail.com> From: Jeff Garzik Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:48:15 -0400 Message-ID: To: Gmail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) 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 -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: 1WzSxf-0005E8-VG Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed BIP 70 extension 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: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:48:46 -0000 I think there is nothing wrong with having a numeric memo field, which is effectively what this is. Structured rather than unstructured data. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Gmail wrote: > > >> On Jun 24, 2014, at 10:32, slush wrote: >> >> Sounds like marketing bullshit to me. It does not have even statistical = meaning; well, you can "save" a lot of satoshis, but nobody tell you that t= he merchant cut you on BTC/USD exchange rate in tens of %. > > People would also abuse this feature in the same way amazon (and other sa= les sites) abuse the definition of "save". For example, Amazon will indicat= e that you're getting x% off by shopping at amazon, but all that number rea= lly means is x% off MSRP. In reality, every website has the same price. I h= ave no doubt that merchants would put similarly meaningless and/or misleadi= ng data in this field. > > I agree, the memo field is appropriate for this data. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse > Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Editi= on > Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows > Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > --=20 Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/