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From: Alan Evans <thealanevans@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Clancy <matthewpclancy@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Suggestion to remove word from BIP39 English wordlist
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:29:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALPhJayvtBra2GhAXAJkrCBtQeXu-+jj-uUtQB4zWYmbcuS4gA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJoTrhbeVFdW+-zhVYi3vQqmsmi0aFNmcvvcJk7WYnWNYg4UTQ@mail.gmail.com>

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> and then agree that by convention,  the words 'satoshi' or the
alternative word will represent the same number on the list

That convention would be the alternative to BIP0039 I am referring to.


On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Matthew Clancy <matthewpclancy@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would disagree here:
>
> >But most of all:
> >7. Removing a word or changing a list *is impossible* as verification of
> an
> >existing mnemonic requires the list. To change one word, you would need to
> >provide an alternative to BIP0039 to cope with alternative words, or
> change
> >all the words to a completely new set of 2048 English words so that it is
> >clear which wordlist is in use.
>
> All that really would need to be done is select another word that is not
> on the 2048 list, and then agree that by convention,  the words 'satoshi'
> or the alternative word will represent the same number on the list. It
> seems to be to be a fairly simple thing to implement.
>
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-18 21:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-18 20:49 [bitcoin-dev] Suggestion to remove word from BIP39 English wordlist Matthew Clancy
2018-01-18 21:29 ` Alan Evans [this message]
2018-01-23 19:40   ` Ronald van der Meer
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2018-01-09 11:20 Ronald van der Meer
2018-01-18  1:07 ` Weiwu Zhang
2018-01-18  1:14   ` CryptAxe
2018-01-18  6:55     ` Jonathan Sterling
2018-01-18 19:50       ` Alan Evans

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