On Tuesday, 22 April 2014, at 10:39 am, Jan Møller wrote: > Necessary Shares = M+1, not a problem > > I would probably encode N-of-M in 1 byte as I don't see good use cases with > more than 17 shares. Anyway, I am fine with it as it is.
I agree that M > 16 is probably not a viable use case for human beings, but machines would probably be able to make use of it. I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Also, the byte that encodes M−1 is optional, so if you're concerned about space, you can omit it (and the checksum). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
