I’m new to this so what is the next step? -- Ronald van der Meer
E: ron...@vandermeer.frl<mailto:ron...@vandermeer.frl> | W: https://www.vandermeer.frl S: https://twitter.com/truly_secure GPG: 8203 CE3E 064D C462 1D22 F635 A1EC 45F9 645F 878D From: bitcoin-dev-boun...@lists.linuxfoundation.org [mailto:bitcoin-dev-boun...@lists.linuxfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Alan Evans via bitcoin-dev Sent: donderdag 18 januari 2018 22:29 To: Matthew Clancy <matthewpcla...@gmail.com> Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Suggestion to remove word from BIP39 English wordlist > 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 <matthewpcla...@gmail.com<mailto:matthewpcla...@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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