From: Damian Williamson <willtech@live.com.au>
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Thread-Topic: [bitcoin-dev] A DNS-like decentralized mapping for wallet
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There is no reason it should not be easily possible to develop a Bitcoin wa=
llet that has an integrated name to address mapping feature. It might be a =
good idea for a software product, it could even be based on Bitcoin Core. T=
here is no specific reason that people wanting that sort of feature could n=
ot use it. In fact, you could map names, strings, email addresses, it could=
 be very flexible.


Relying on an additional service like DNS which is flexible enough to handl=
e the job, does introduce an additional availability risk. There is no addi=
tional privacy risk provided each mapped name or address is only used once =
to send/receive one payment unless you directly use something personally id=
entifiable like an email address which could be used to map bitcoin address=
es to an individual. Personally, I am not concerned about privacy so much b=
ut can understand that some highly value their privacy.


If you get it right it will be a service better than namecoin transacting i=
n Bitcoin. If you think that is valuable, go for it.


Regards,

Damian Williamson


________________________________
From: bitcoin-dev-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org <bitcoin-dev-bounces@li=
sts.linuxfoundation.org> on behalf of Sjors Provoost via bitcoin-dev <bitco=
in-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Sent: Monday, 18 December 2017 10:26 PM
To: Douglas Roark; Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] A DNS-like decentralized mapping for wallet addr=
esses?

Have you thought about combining this with BIP-47? You could associate paym=
ent codes with email via DNS.

It would be nice if there was a way to get rid of the announcement transact=
ion in BIP-47 and establish a shared secret out of bound. That would simpli=
fy things, at the cost of an additional burden of storing more than an HD s=
eed to recover a wallet that received funds this way.

Perhaps the sender can email to the recipient the information they need to =
retrieve the funds. The (first) transaction could have a time locked refund=
 in it, in case the payment code is stale.

Sjors

> Op 1 dec. 2017, om 04:08 heeft Douglas Roark via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev=
@lists.linuxfoundation.org> het volgende geschreven:
>
> On 2017/11/30 14:20, mandar mulherkar via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>> I was wondering in terms of mass adoption, instead of long wallet
>> addresses, maybe there should be a DNS-like decentralized mapping
>> service to provide a user@crypto address?
>
> A few years ago, I was part of an effort with Armory and Verisign to
> make something similar to what you're describing.
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wiley-paymentassoc-00 is where you can
> find the one and only official draft. I worked on a follow-up with some
> changes and some nice appendices, explaining some nice tricks one could
> use to make payment management flexible. For various reasons, it never
> got published. I think it's an interesting draft that could be turned
> into something useful. Among other things, it was able to leverage BIP32
> and allow payment requests to be generated that automatically pointed
> payees to the correct branch. DNSSEC may have some issues but, AFAIK,
> it's as the easiest way to bootstrap identity to a common, reasonably
> secure standard.
>
> --
> ---
> Douglas Roark
> Cryptocurrency, network security, travel, and art.
> https://onename.com/droark
> joroark@vt.edu
> PGP key ID: 26623924
>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">There is no reason it should not =
be easily possible to develop a Bitcoin wallet that has an integrated name =
to address mapping feature. It might be a good idea for a software product,=
 it could even be based on Bitcoin
 Core. There is no specific reason that people wanting that sort of feature=
 could not use it. In fact, you could map names, strings, email addresses, =
it could be very flexible.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Relying on an additional service =
like DNS which is flexible enough to handle the job, does introduce an addi=
tional availability risk. There is no additional privacy risk provided each=
 mapped name or address is only used
 once to send/receive one payment unless you directly use something persona=
lly identifiable like an email address which could be used to map bitcoin a=
ddresses to an individual. Personally, I am not concerned about privacy so =
much but can understand that some
 highly value their privacy.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">If you get it right it will be a =
service better than namecoin transacting in Bitcoin. If you think that is v=
aluable, go for it.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Regards,</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 18 December 2017 10:26 PM<br>
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 You could associate payment codes with email via DNS.<br>
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It would be nice if there was a way to get rid of the announcement transact=
ion in BIP-47 and establish a shared secret out of bound. That would simpli=
fy things, at the cost of an additional burden of storing more than an HD s=
eed to recover a wallet that received
 funds this way.<br>
<br>
Perhaps the sender can email to the recipient the information they need to =
retrieve the funds. The (first) transaction could have a time locked refund=
 in it, in case the payment code is stale.<br>
<br>
Sjors<br>
<br>
&gt; Op 1 dec. 2017, om 04:08 heeft Douglas Roark via bitcoin-dev &lt;bitco=
in-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org&gt; het volgende geschreven:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On 2017/11/30 14:20, mandar mulherkar via bitcoin-dev wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; I was wondering in terms of mass adoption, instead of long wallet<=
br>
&gt;&gt; addresses, maybe there should be a DNS-like decentralized mapping<=
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&gt; <br>
&gt; A few years ago, I was part of an effort with Armory and Verisign to<b=
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&gt; make something similar to what you're describing.<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wiley-paymentassoc-00" id=
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https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wiley-paymentassoc-00</a> is where you ca=
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&gt; find the one and only official draft. I worked on a follow-up with som=
e<br>
&gt; changes and some nice appendices, explaining some nice tricks one coul=
d<br>
&gt; use to make payment management flexible. For various reasons, it never=
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&gt; got published. I think it's an interesting draft that could be turned<=
br>
&gt; into something useful. Among other things, it was able to leverage BIP=
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&gt; and allow payment requests to be generated that automatically pointed<=
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&gt; payees to the correct branch. DNSSEC may have some issues but, AFAIK,<=
br>
&gt; it's as the easiest way to bootstrap identity to a common, reasonably<=
br>
&gt; secure standard.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; ---<br>
&gt; Douglas Roark<br>
&gt; Cryptocurrency, network security, travel, and art.<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://onename.com/droark" id=3D"LPlnk436626" previewremov=
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&gt; PGP key ID: 26623924<br>
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