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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:05:47 -0700
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From: Alex Kravets <kravets@gmail.com>
To: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: MultiBit as default desktop
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Hi guys,

This would be a big step forward.  Anecdotally I can report that <5% of *
non-nerds* who don't abandon Bitcoin after waiting for the initial
blockchain download and *ongoing* sync on every restart, end up using
blockchain.info simply because it just works and works on their iPads &
iPhones.

Conversely, all the serious nerds end up using Armory and/or Brainwallets
for ultimate control.




On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com>wrote=
:

> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Jim <jim618@fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > Let me know if you think this is a good idea (or not!)
> > and if you have any questions.
>
> Being able to promote a fast SPV desktop wallet would be great!
>
> I went through an cycle of testing on multibit after I saw some
> complaints when it went up on the page before without at lot of
> discussion. There were a number of issues with it at the time, in
> particular the frequent deadlocks=E2=80=94 though Mike was saying that th=
ose
> should be fixed.
>
> I see some of the the other things that were concerning for me at the
> time are still uncorrected though, e.g. no proxy support (so users
> can't follow our recommended best practices of using it with Tor),
> that it reuses addresses (esp for change), that it doesn't clearly
> distinguish confirmation level. It also make repeated https
> connections to 141.101.113.245? (I'm not seeing the IP in the source,
> and it doesn't have a useful reverse dns entry, so I can't tell what
> its for).  Is there any timeframe for changing any of this stuff?
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi guys,<div><br></div><div>This would be a big step forwa=
rd. =C2=A0Anecdotally I can report that &lt;5% of <i>non-nerds</i> who don&=
#39;t abandon Bitcoin after waiting for the initial blockchain download and=
 <i>ongoing</i> sync on every restart, end up using <a href=3D"http://block=
chain.info">blockchain.info</a> simply because it just works and works on t=
heir iPads &amp; iPhones.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>Conversely, all the serious nerds end up using Ar=
mory and/or Brainwallets for ultimate control.</div><div style><br></div><d=
iv style><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote">
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Gregory Maxwell <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:gmaxwell@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gmaxwell@gmail.com</a>=
&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im">On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Jim &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:jim618@fastmail.co.uk">jim618@fastmail.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Let me know if you think this is a good idea (or not!)<br>
&gt; and if you have any questions.<br>
<br>
</div>Being able to promote a fast SPV desktop wallet would be great!<br>
<br>
I went through an cycle of testing on multibit after I saw some<br>
complaints when it went up on the page before without at lot of<br>
discussion. There were a number of issues with it at the time, in<br>
particular the frequent deadlocks=E2=80=94 though Mike was saying that thos=
e<br>
should be fixed.<br>
<br>
I see some of the the other things that were concerning for me at the<br>
time are still uncorrected though, e.g. no proxy support (so users<br>
can&#39;t follow our recommended best practices of using it with Tor),<br>
that it reuses addresses (esp for change), that it doesn&#39;t clearly<br>
distinguish confirmation level. It also make repeated https<br>
connections to 141.101.113.245? (I&#39;m not seeing the IP in the source,<b=
r>
and it doesn&#39;t have a useful reverse dns entry, so I can&#39;t tell wha=
t<br>
its for). =C2=A0Is there any timeframe for changing any of this stuff?<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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