Re: [Bitcoin-development] Reusable payment codes

2015-04-28 Thread Justus Ranvier
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The notification transactions are a pain point when it comes to
privacy, and yet they must exist in order to to ensure that nobody can
lose their money as long as they back up their wallet seed.

They could be treated as a backup, however, that clients would not
normally rely upon
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin core 0.11 planning

2015-04-28 Thread Peter Todd
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 04:01:00AM -0700, Pieter Wuille wrote:
> As softforks almost certainly require backports to older releases and other
> software anyway, I don't think they should necessarily be bound to Bitcoin
> Core major releases. If they don't require large code changes, we can
> easily do them in minor releases too.

The code changes for absolute CLTV are quite small, and easily ported to
any Bitcoin Core version.

What's the oldest version you think we need backports for?

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proof of Payment

2015-04-28 Thread Jorge Timón
Forget it, sorry, I misunderstood the proposal entirely, re-reading
with more care...

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Kalle Rosenbaum  wrote:
> Hi Jorge,
>
> I don't think I understand the question. Proof of Payment is used to prove
> that you have the credentials needed for a certain transaction. It does not
> care where in the blockchain the transaction is. Or if it's in the
> blockchain at all.
>
> /Kalle
>
> So at the low level, how does a "proof of payment" differ from just proving
> that a given transaction is in a given block (what SPV nodes take as proof
> of payment today)?
>
> On Apr 27, 2015 2:42 PM, "Kalle Rosenbaum"  wrote:
>>
>> "Or a really high lock_time, but it would not make it invalid, just
>> delayed."
>>
>> Ok, this was a bad idea, since nodes would have to keep it in memory.
>> Please disregard that idea...
>>
>> Kalle
>>
>> Den 27 apr 2015 14:35 skrev "Kalle Rosenbaum" :
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Some more use cases might be:
>> > > Waiting in comfort:
>> > >  - Send a payment ahead of time, then wander over and collect the
>> > > goods
>> > > after X confirmations.
>> > >
>> > > Authorized pickup :
>> > >  - Hot wallet software used by related people could facilitate the use
>> > > of 1 of N multisig funds.  Any one of the N wallets could collect
>> > > goods
>> > > and services purchased by any of the others.
>> >
>> > I like this one, because it shows the power of reusing the transaction
>> > data structure.
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Non-monetary gifts:
>> > >  - Sender exports spent keys to a beneficiary, enabling PoP to work as
>> > > a
>> > > gift claim
>> > >
>> > > Contingent services:
>> > >  - Without Bob's permission, a 3rd party conditions action on a
>> > > payment
>> > > made from Alice to Bob.  For example, if you donated at least .02 BTC
>> > > to
>> > > Dorian, you (or combining scenarios, any of your N authorized family
>> > > members), can come to my dinner party.
>> >
>> > This is an interesting one.
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I tried out your demo wallet and service and it worked as advertised.
>> > >
>> > > Could the same standard also be used to prove that a transaction COULD
>> > > BE created?  To generalize the concept beyond actual payments, you
>> > > could
>> > > call it something like proof of payment potential.
>> >
>> > I guess it's possible, but we'd have to remove the txid from the output,
>> > since there is none. This is a way of saying "I'm in control of these
>> > addresses". The other party/parties can then verify the funds on the
>> > blockchain and watch those addresses for changes. Maybe there are some
>> > interesting use cases here. Ideas?
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Why not make these proofs permanently INVALID transactions, to remove
>> > > any possibility of their being mined and spending everything to fees
>> > > when used in this way, and also in cases involving reorganizations?
>> >
>> > Yes. Initially I thought it would be enough that the funds are already
>> > spent, but I think you're right here. Reorgs could be a problem. Worse, you
>> > also might want to prove 0-confirmation transactions, in which case it's a
>> > huge security problem. Someone might intercept the PoP and publish it on 
>> > the
>> > bitcoin network, spending all the funds. But I still would like wallets to
>> > be able to build/verify PoPs with little or no modifications. Could we
>> > possibly change the version number on the PoP to something other than 1?
>> > Maybe 2^4-1? Or a really high lock_time, but it would not make it invalid,
>> > just delayed. Any suggestions here?
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I agree that PoP seems complementary to BIP70.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > Thank you very much for your comments!
>> >
>> > /Kalle
>>
>>
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proof of Payment

2015-04-28 Thread Kalle Rosenbaum
Hi Jorge,

I don't think I understand the question. Proof of Payment is used to prove
that you have the credentials needed for a certain transaction. It does not
care where in the blockchain the transaction is. Or if it's in the
blockchain at all.

/Kalle

So at the low level, how does a "proof of payment" differ from just proving
that a given transaction is in a given block (what SPV nodes take as proof
of payment today)?
On Apr 27, 2015 2:42 PM, "Kalle Rosenbaum"  wrote:

> "Or a really high lock_time, but it would not make it invalid, just
> delayed."
>
> Ok, this was a bad idea, since nodes would have to keep it in memory.
> Please disregard that idea...
>
> Kalle
>
> Den 27 apr 2015 14:35 skrev "Kalle Rosenbaum" :
> >
> > >
> > > Some more use cases might be:
> > > Waiting in comfort:
> > >  - Send a payment ahead of time, then wander over and collect the goods
> > > after X confirmations.
> > >
> > > Authorized pickup :
> > >  - Hot wallet software used by related people could facilitate the use
> > > of 1 of N multisig funds.  Any one of the N wallets could collect goods
> > > and services purchased by any of the others.
> >
> > I like this one, because it shows the power of reusing the transaction
> data structure.
> >
> > >
> > > Non-monetary gifts:
> > >  - Sender exports spent keys to a beneficiary, enabling PoP to work as
> a
> > > gift claim
> > >
> > > Contingent services:
> > >  - Without Bob's permission, a 3rd party conditions action on a payment
> > > made from Alice to Bob.  For example, if you donated at least .02 BTC
> to
> > > Dorian, you (or combining scenarios, any of your N authorized family
> > > members), can come to my dinner party.
> >
> > This is an interesting one.
> >
> > >
> > > I tried out your demo wallet and service and it worked as advertised.
> > >
> > > Could the same standard also be used to prove that a transaction COULD
> > > BE created?  To generalize the concept beyond actual payments, you
> could
> > > call it something like proof of payment potential.
> >
> > I guess it's possible, but we'd have to remove the txid from the output,
> since there is none. This is a way of saying "I'm in control of these
> addresses". The other party/parties can then verify the funds on the
> blockchain and watch those addresses for changes. Maybe there are some
> interesting use cases here. Ideas?
> >
> > >
> > > Why not make these proofs permanently INVALID transactions, to remove
> > > any possibility of their being mined and spending everything to fees
> > > when used in this way, and also in cases involving reorganizations?
> >
> > Yes. Initially I thought it would be enough that the funds are already
> spent, but I think you're right here. Reorgs could be a problem. Worse, you
> also might want to prove 0-confirmation transactions, in which case it's a
> huge security problem. Someone might intercept the PoP and publish it on
> the bitcoin network, spending all the funds. But I still would like wallets
> to be able to build/verify PoPs with little or no modifications. Could we
> possibly change the version number on the PoP to something other than 1?
> Maybe 2^4-1? Or a really high lock_time, but it would not make it invalid,
> just delayed. Any suggestions here?
> >
> > >
> > > I agree that PoP seems complementary to BIP70.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thank you very much for your comments!
> >
> > /Kalle
>
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin core 0.11 planning

2015-04-28 Thread Pieter Wuille
As softforks almost certainly require backports to older releases and other
software anyway, I don't think they should necessarily be bound to Bitcoin
Core major releases. If they don't require large code changes, we can
easily do them in minor releases too.
On Apr 28, 2015 12:51 PM, "Peter Todd"  wrote:

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> I'll point out that at this rate the soonest we'll see CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
> implemented on Bitcoin will be something like summer 2016, a year and a
> half after it got adopted on Viacoin. (and a few other alts whose names I
> forget)
>
> Right now the shortest path to adoption would be to release a v0.12 with
> just a CLTV soft-fork as soon as the BIP66 softfork triggers. While there's
> been proposal to change the way the upgrade mechanism triggers to a
> multiple parallel fork scheme, that is quite complex, stateful, and will
> need lots of review, probably a few months worth; faster would be to
> continue with the existing mechanism.
>
> IMO the main reason to accelerate CLTV is scalability. The only viable
> scalability improvements possible in the short/medium term that don't
> entirely rely on trusting third parties are payment channel based. While we
> have a working payment channel scheme - Jeremy Spilman's refund tx based
> system - it is fairly complex, needs good and immediate backups, and is
> susceptible to tx malleability. CLTV fixes those issues robustly. Of
> course, payment channel schemes can start off with Spilman's scheme first
> and go to CLTV later, but that is a lot of extra code to be written and
> later depreciated - I'm sure many authors are dubious about going down that
> path.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> On 28 April 2015 03:44:16 GMT-04:00, "Wladimir J. van der Laan" <
> laa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >The release window for 0.11 is nearing, I'd propose the following
> >schedule:
> >
> >2015-05-01  Soft translation string freeze
> >Open Transifex translations for 0.11
> >Finalize and close translation for 0.9
> >
> >2015-05-15  Feature freeze, string freeze
> >
> >2015-06-01  Split off 0.11 branch
> >Tag and release 0.11.0rc1
> >Start merging for 0.12 on master branch
> >
> >2015-07-01  Release 0.11.0 final (aim)
> >
> >In contrast to former releases, which were protracted for months, let's
> >try to be more strict about the dates. Of course it is always possible
> >for last-minute critical issues to interfere with the planning. The
> >release will not be held up for features, though, and anything that
> >will not make it to 0.11 will be postponed to next release scheduled
> >for end of the year.
> >
> >Wladimir
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin core 0.11 planning

2015-04-28 Thread Peter Todd
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I'll point out that at this rate the soonest we'll see CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY 
implemented on Bitcoin will be something like summer 2016, a year and a half 
after it got adopted on Viacoin. (and a few other alts whose names I forget)

Right now the shortest path to adoption would be to release a v0.12 with just a 
CLTV soft-fork as soon as the BIP66 softfork triggers. While there's been 
proposal to change the way the upgrade mechanism triggers to a multiple 
parallel fork scheme, that is quite complex, stateful, and will need lots of 
review, probably a few months worth; faster would be to continue with the 
existing mechanism.

IMO the main reason to accelerate CLTV is scalability. The only viable 
scalability improvements possible in the short/medium term that don't entirely 
rely on trusting third parties are payment channel based. While we have a 
working payment channel scheme - Jeremy Spilman's refund tx based system - it 
is fairly complex, needs good and immediate backups, and is susceptible to tx 
malleability. CLTV fixes those issues robustly. Of course, payment channel 
schemes can start off with Spilman's scheme first and go to CLTV later, but 
that is a lot of extra code to be written and later depreciated - I'm sure many 
authors are dubious about going down that path.

Thoughts?


On 28 April 2015 03:44:16 GMT-04:00, "Wladimir J. van der Laan" 
 wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>The release window for 0.11 is nearing, I'd propose the following
>schedule:
>
>2015-05-01  Soft translation string freeze
>Open Transifex translations for 0.11
>Finalize and close translation for 0.9
>
>2015-05-15  Feature freeze, string freeze
>
>2015-06-01  Split off 0.11 branch
>Tag and release 0.11.0rc1
>Start merging for 0.12 on master branch
>
>2015-07-01  Release 0.11.0 final (aim)
>
>In contrast to former releases, which were protracted for months, let's
>try to be more strict about the dates. Of course it is always possible
>for last-minute critical issues to interfere with the planning. The
>release will not be held up for features, though, and anything that
>will not make it to 0.11 will be postponed to next release scheduled
>for end of the year.
>
>Wladimir
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 75%/95% threshold for transaction versions

2015-04-28 Thread Oleg Andreev


> On 27 Apr 2015, at 21:21, Peter Todd  wrote:
> 
> Even right now there are edge cases without
> good solutions, like how in a multisig environment any of the key
> holders can mutate transactions.

Can't we add requirement for RFC6979 signatures to mitigate this? Of course, 
multiple signers can still mutate transaction by choosing a different set (but 
not the order, thankfully) of signatures. Or when a single signer has multiple 
participating keys.

In some interesting to me scenarios mutation by signer is not critical: it is 
mutation by non-signers that creates a problem. Do you know of any edge cases 
when non-signers can mutate transactions which are not covered by BIP62? What 
would be a more robust approach than "whack-a-mole" to work around mutability? 
(Normalized tx ids?)
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[Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin core 0.11 planning

2015-04-28 Thread Wladimir J. van der Laan
Hello all,

The release window for 0.11 is nearing, I'd propose the following schedule:

2015-05-01  Soft translation string freeze
Open Transifex translations for 0.11
Finalize and close translation for 0.9

2015-05-15  Feature freeze, string freeze

2015-06-01  Split off 0.11 branch
Tag and release 0.11.0rc1
Start merging for 0.12 on master branch 

2015-07-01  Release 0.11.0 final (aim)

In contrast to former releases, which were protracted for months, let's try to 
be more strict about the dates. Of course it is always possible for last-minute 
critical issues to interfere with the planning. The release will not be held up 
for features, though, and anything that will not make it to 0.11 will be 
postponed to next release scheduled for end of the year.

Wladimir

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Relative CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY (was CLTV proposal)

2015-04-28 Thread Jorge Timón
Even if it's new and has not received any feedback, I think my solution to
op_maturity is quite clean.
But anyway, yes, the non-relative cltv is much simpler in design and
doesn't have to wait for the other. On the other hand, I would upgrade it
to absolute cltv like you suggested and take the current height as a
parameter to verifyScript instead of using the nLockTime as reference.
If we know we're going to use it for rcltv/op_maturity, better put add soon
rather than later, specially if that will give us a more powerful cltv.
If we don't want that height param, we can leave it out of for op_maturity
too, but that's the wingle decision about rcltv/maturity that affects cltv
so better solve that first.
On Apr 27, 2015 9:35 PM, "Peter Todd"  wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 02:20:04PM +0200, Jorge Timón wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jorge Timón  wrote:
> > > And a new softfork rule could enforce that all new CTxIn set nHeight
> > > to the correct height in which its corresponding prevout got into the
> > > chain.
> > > That would remove the need for the TxOutputGetter param in
> > > bitcoinconsensus_verify_script, but unfortunately it is not reorg safe
> > > (apart from other ugly implementation details).
> >
> > Wait, wait, this can be made reorg-safe and more backards compatible.
> > The new validation rule at the tx validation level (currently in
> > main::CheckInputs()) would be
>
> 
>
> So, seems to me that RCLTV opens up a whole rats nest of design
> decisions and compromises that CLTV doesn't. Yet CLTV itself is a big
> step forward, it's been implemented on Viacoin for the past few months
> with no issues found, and has an extremely simple and easy to audit
> implementation.
>
> I think I'm going to argue we implement it as-is in a soft-fork. Pieter
> Wuille's been working on a new way to handle soft-fork upgrades in the
> block nVersion field, so this would be a good opportunity to add
> something simple and well tested, and also make sure the new nVersion
> soft-fork mechanism works. Equally, doing both at the same time ensures
> we don't burn yet another version bit.
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proof of Payment

2015-04-28 Thread Jorge Timón
So at the low level, how does a "proof of payment" differ from just proving
that a given transaction is in a given block (what SPV nodes take as proof
of payment today)?
On Apr 27, 2015 2:42 PM, "Kalle Rosenbaum"  wrote:

> "Or a really high lock_time, but it would not make it invalid, just
> delayed."
>
> Ok, this was a bad idea, since nodes would have to keep it in memory.
> Please disregard that idea...
>
> Kalle
>
> Den 27 apr 2015 14:35 skrev "Kalle Rosenbaum" :
> >
> > >
> > > Some more use cases might be:
> > > Waiting in comfort:
> > >  - Send a payment ahead of time, then wander over and collect the goods
> > > after X confirmations.
> > >
> > > Authorized pickup :
> > >  - Hot wallet software used by related people could facilitate the use
> > > of 1 of N multisig funds.  Any one of the N wallets could collect goods
> > > and services purchased by any of the others.
> >
> > I like this one, because it shows the power of reusing the transaction
> data structure.
> >
> > >
> > > Non-monetary gifts:
> > >  - Sender exports spent keys to a beneficiary, enabling PoP to work as
> a
> > > gift claim
> > >
> > > Contingent services:
> > >  - Without Bob's permission, a 3rd party conditions action on a payment
> > > made from Alice to Bob.  For example, if you donated at least .02 BTC
> to
> > > Dorian, you (or combining scenarios, any of your N authorized family
> > > members), can come to my dinner party.
> >
> > This is an interesting one.
> >
> > >
> > > I tried out your demo wallet and service and it worked as advertised.
> > >
> > > Could the same standard also be used to prove that a transaction COULD
> > > BE created?  To generalize the concept beyond actual payments, you
> could
> > > call it something like proof of payment potential.
> >
> > I guess it's possible, but we'd have to remove the txid from the output,
> since there is none. This is a way of saying "I'm in control of these
> addresses". The other party/parties can then verify the funds on the
> blockchain and watch those addresses for changes. Maybe there are some
> interesting use cases here. Ideas?
> >
> > >
> > > Why not make these proofs permanently INVALID transactions, to remove
> > > any possibility of their being mined and spending everything to fees
> > > when used in this way, and also in cases involving reorganizations?
> >
> > Yes. Initially I thought it would be enough that the funds are already
> spent, but I think you're right here. Reorgs could be a problem. Worse, you
> also might want to prove 0-confirmation transactions, in which case it's a
> huge security problem. Someone might intercept the PoP and publish it on
> the bitcoin network, spending all the funds. But I still would like wallets
> to be able to build/verify PoPs with little or no modifications. Could we
> possibly change the version number on the PoP to something other than 1?
> Maybe 2^4-1? Or a really high lock_time, but it would not make it invalid,
> just delayed. Any suggestions here?
> >
> > >
> > > I agree that PoP seems complementary to BIP70.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thank you very much for your comments!
> >
> > /Kalle
>
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