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| author | Luke-Jr <luke@dashjr.org> | 2011-12-12 16:02:11 -0500 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2011-12-12 21:02:24 +0000 |
| commit | d502d922479dedec0d08eac8ecf0b1ed4f49f9fb (patch) | |
| tree | 2a6f1e1534b751889498e2b167ae2fa218f92ea7 | |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Version bytes "2.0"
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diff --git a/38/f6c08a40a55a928c52ef8485d45044d804ac0e b/38/f6c08a40a55a928c52ef8485d45044d804ac0e new file mode 100644 index 000000000..57ab26460 --- /dev/null +++ b/38/f6c08a40a55a928c52ef8485d45044d804ac0e @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] + helo=mx.sourceforge.net) + by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) + (envelope-from <luke@dashjr.org>) id 1RaD0y-0002z0-Ed + for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; + Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:02:24 +0000 +X-ACL-Warn: +Received: from zinan.dashjr.org ([173.242.112.54]) + by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) + id 1RaD0x-0004me-Ck for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; + Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:02:24 +0000 +Received: from ishibashi.localnet (fl-184-4-160-40.dhcp.embarqhsd.net + [184.4.160.40]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) + by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E065A560507; + Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:02:17 +0000 (UTC) +From: "Luke-Jr" <luke@dashjr.org> +To: Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@cs.kuleuven.be> +Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:02:11 -0500 +User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.1.4-gentoo; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) +References: <201112061610.41083.luke@dashjr.org> + <201112101316.31666.luke@dashjr.org> + <20111212205559.GA16665@ulyssis.org> +In-Reply-To: <20111212205559.GA16665@ulyssis.org> +X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: CE5A D56A 36CC 69FA E7D2 3558 665F C11D D53E 9583 +X-PGP-Key-ID: 665FC11DD53E9583 +X-PGP-Keyserver: x-hkp://subkeys.pgp.net +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: Text/Plain; + charset="iso-8859-1" +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +Message-Id: <201112121602.12806.luke@dashjr.org> +X-Spam-Score: -1.8 (-) +X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. + See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. + -2.3 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay + domain 0.5 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list +X-Headers-End: 1RaD0x-0004me-Ck +Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Version bytes "2.0" +X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 +Precedence: list +List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net> +List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, + <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> +List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development> +List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> +List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> +List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, + <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> +X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:02:24 -0000 + +On Monday, December 12, 2011 3:56:01 PM Pieter Wuille wrote: +> It seems base58 is actually quite terrible for producing nice +> human-recognizable addresses, even though base58 is specially intended for +> human usage. We'll just have to deal with it, or completely overhaul it +> and move to a saner encoding. + +Or both: use this proposal for 20-byte base58 for now, and overhaul it in the +future (maybe when the block chain forks?). + +> 0: mainnet pubkey hashes ('1', as before) +> 192: testnet pubnet hashes ('2', instead of 111, 'm' and 'n') +> 5: mainnet script hashes ('3'; for OP_EVAL) +> 196: testnet script hashes ('2', same as normal testnet addresses) + +Looks good here. + +> 12: mainnet private keys ('Q', 'R' or 'S', instead of 128, '5') +> 204: testnet private keys ('7', instead of 239, '8' and '9') + +These are 32-byte, so have no reason IMO to follow the 20-byte proposal. +Since a lot of services are already using version 128 ('5') for bitcoin +private keys, and 128 is "reserved" in the 20-byte proposal, I think it's fair +to leave it alone (for now). + + |