Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP22/getmemorypool

2012-06-11 Thread thomasV1
> discussion back here. The executive summary: Pieter and I feel like > BIP 22 is overly complicated, and would like it to be simpler. I'd > especially like to hear what people think will be the "will be used by > lots of pool customers" features and what are the "will be used by > less than 5%

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Random order for clients page

2012-07-09 Thread thomasV1
I agree with Alan. I too am happy to see my client listed on bitcoin.org, and I don't mind Bitcoin-Qt being listed first. I have no problem with a "czar" approach if it can solve conflicts. I believe that it is useful to keep the 'clients' page on bitcoin.org, because it contributes to clarify

[Bitcoin-development] Proposal to replace BIP0039

2013-10-24 Thread thomasV1
I would like to propose a new BIP, that replaces BIP0039. My initial problem was that BIP0039 is not backward compatible with Electrum. When trying to solve that, I realized that the seed encoding used in Electrum does not help, because it does not contain a version number information. However,

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 21 (modification BIP 20)

2012-01-30 Thread thomasV1
I too support BIP21 over BIP20. However, I do not understand the "Sending money via private key" feature; in which situation would such a URI be useful? Also, I posted a proposal in the forum, to extend the URI syntax with signatures. The goal would be to provide a proof of identity of the recip

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 21 (modification BIP 20)

2012-01-30 Thread thomasV1
> Regarding the idea of a signed URI, it is appealing, however, it may not > work. If I understand it correctly, the main idea appears to be to protect > a URI from malicious replacement No. The main idea is to protect the consumer against a malicious seller pretending that he has not been paid

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 20 Rejected, process for BIP 21N

2012-02-04 Thread thomasV1
Just another question concerning BIP21: On the wiki, the description of the "message" parameter reads: "message that shown to the user after scanning the QR code" I believe that the purpose of this parameter is to contain a description of the transaction. This has use cases that go beyond QR co