Thanks Mike. I definitely took all your comments to heart, but we're looking to road-test something quickly for the sake of user experience in our own wallet. I wouldn't mind us contributing to a BIP once we have a better grip on the payment protocol itself, but (for example) I'm still not sure that I understand _why_ signed certificates are even required. Isn't that likely be an obstacle to adoption for use cases like this?
-wendell grabhive.com | twitter.com/grabhive | gpg: 6C0C9411 On Sep 17, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Mike Hearn wrote: > You can prove ownership of a private key by signing a challenger-generated > nonce with the public part and giving the signature back to the challenger - > same as with any asymmetric crypto system. > > As I already noted, the payment protocol is designed to solve that problem. > You could design a BIP that extended the payment protocol to include > information about the person who generated it. > >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Wendell <w...@grabhive.com> wrote: >> Couple of things I just thought about: >> >> 1- Presume server should only sweep with two (or more, see below) revocation >> certificates being present >> 2- Need to insert something in the flow so that Alice can verify that the >> uploaded key is actually Bob's (and perhaps vise-versa, given an extremely >> dedicated attacker with a fast connection?). >> >> Is there a way to do #2 without creating yet another transaction? Admittedly >> I am still really puzzled about the accessibility of public keys in Bitcoin! >> >> Please remember that the idea is to have two wallets securely exchange a >> packet of metadata about a transaction beyond the scope of Bitcoin itself (a >> name, perhaps a small photo, etc) in order to increase usability. This will >> be my last post here on the topic except to reply in case anyone else >> contributes. >> >> -wendell >> >> grabhive.com | twitter.com/grabhive | gpg: 6C0C9411 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
