On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:48:22PM -0400, Alan Reiner wrote: > _*Goal*_: An alternative address format made possible by BIP 32, which > allows one to specify a "Wallet ID" and "One-time payment" code, instead > of the standard one-use Base58-Hash160 addresses. This allows parties > with a persistent relationship to be able to prove that payment > addresses they provide each other are linked to a particular wallet, > reducing exposure to MitM attacks without the need for SSL or a web of > trust, and without compromising the privacy of either party. For > instance, this could be used between businesses that frequently do > business, by exchanging and verifying public keys beforehand, or could > be used by an exchange to identify if a customer withdrawal address is > related to their last deposit address, and if not enforce extra > authentication measures.
Have you seen Timo Hanke's pay-to-contract presentation at the San Jose conference? It seems very related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwyALGlG33Q -- Pieter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
