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-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pLC-0007d6-Qk for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:15:02 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-ea0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1V7pL9-0007US-BU for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:15:02 +0000 Received: by mail-ea0-f169.google.com with SMTP id z7so2181096eaf.28 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:14:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=7FHISngWt8yrRiK7XeAGtt7ssRz0RUKsqfhLhlDEsAo=; b=ibKCnm+Tx4u01e5uqDummOVW75rXFxrCbMPQ1Toek/FTjkoTPLyezwXhtqkcnMtYTu WMbOt+AoX+ZX89bSIwDaG6Yli1W5ipx3bpJBsfhw7FKq7aC4LhmWG9ccX5o+ABOsOnef ZbFtZzFfQVeVNNP+SD8z93BhkqIJA65Uz/0rrqWu84KEirjhnfpheuTh0ERlhUd3D35X 8cpE+nrsNLs8npQVg3Shdi8PJCL3w/2CEH6yXSVrlW4b5jt8FNcUrt2o2Er9+pLJmM3k 5nhMPSxhZonuwNfIPlP7vg10BVM6k4N6YDxnv6gN4p+AbuiVpgn/kfOGpK6MxNKuhpJE iQcw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmjzQWXuY4RKF9rXCsVm+UG6D5av2Iaa8mhahDd2yMRUk8fBRwZrgRCkqJrZwayBZw5SSCK X-Received: by 10.15.83.2 with SMTP id b2mr14102626eez.28.1376064892688; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:14:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([82.221.102.245]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n42sm29893699eeh.15.2013.08.09.09.14.47 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:14:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: w grabhive Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Wendell In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 15:05:04 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <54F09675-D6A7-4415-82F1-920248E8188D@grabhive.com> To: Mike Hearn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Spam-Score: 4.4 (++++) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 1.2 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net [Blocked - see ] 0.6 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB RBL: SORBS: sender is an abusable web server [82.221.102.245 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 1.1 DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 Date: is 3 to 6 hours before Received: date 1.5 RCVD_IN_PSBL RBL: Received via a relay in PSBL [82.221.102.245 listed in psbl.surriel.com] X-Headers-End: 1V7pL9-0007US-BU Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] SPV client in pure JavaScript? 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, 09 Aug 2013 16:15:03 -0000 "Packaged app pages always load locally. This allows apps to be less = dependent on the network. Once a user installs an app, they have full = control over the app's lifecycle. Apps open and close quickly, and the = system can shut apps down at any time to improve performance. Users can = fully uninstall apps." Does this mean that upon install, a nice, icon-emblazoned package will = drop into my /Applications folder on a Mac, or in my Windows Start menu, = etc... Or are packaged apps always launched and maintained from within = Chrome itself? Provided that the technical stuff could be made to work within the = context of the more limited API, this certainly seems like an = interesting, user-friendly way to distribute a Bitcoin wallet! -wendell grabhive.com | twitter.com/grabhive | gpg: 6C0C9411 On Aug 9, 2013, at 2:14 PM, Mike Hearn wrote: > Oh, I forgot to make it clear - Chrome apps/extensions can make raw = TCP socket connections: >=20 > = http://blog.chromium.org/2012/11/introducing-tcp-listen-new-api-for.html >=20 > You would do it as a packaged app: = http://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps.html because then they're a = lot more similar to native apps (they get their own windows, run = offline, etc).=20 >=20 > But these aren't standard APIs. They're all Chrome extensions. I doubt = HTML5 will support USB access anytime soon, for instance, but packaged = apps do.