Let's suppose I have an alternate blockchain that specifically encourages address *RE* use, and charges those that desire privacy higher transaction fees to cover the network cost in computation and storage.
Does the static address privacy system still work, or does it fall apart because 95% of the transactions re-use addresses, making them 'effectively static', just like my DHCP IP that has not changed as long as I've used it? On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 03:44:17PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > "static address" seems like a reasonable attempt at describing intended > use/direction. > > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Ben Davenport <bendavenp...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > But may I suggest we consider changing the name "stealth address" to > > > something more neutral? > > > > ACK. Regardless of the 'political' overtones, I think stealth is a > > little cringe-worthy. > > > > "Private address" would be fine if not for confusion with private-keys. > > > > "Static address" is perhaps the best in my view. (also helps improve > > awareness that normal addresses are intended to be more one-use-ness) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
