Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RaITP-0002oc-QH for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:52:07 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.214.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.47; envelope-from=nanotube@gmail.com; helo=mail-bw0-f47.google.com; Received: from mail-bw0-f47.google.com ([209.85.214.47]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1RaITP-0000Xj-19 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:52:07 +0000 Received: by bkbzt4 with SMTP id zt4so8790430bkb.34 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:52:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.131.16 with SMTP id ho16mr8951187bkc.105.1323744720688; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:52:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.83.66 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:52:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1323743826.16120.YahooMailNeo@web121003.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1323731781.42953.YahooMailClassic@web120920.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <201112121841.39864.luke@dashjr.org> <1323736946.58149.YahooMailNeo@web121001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1323743826.16120.YahooMailNeo@web121003.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:52:00 -0500 Message-ID: From: Daniel F To: Amir Taaki Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (nanotube[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1RaITP-0000Xj-19 Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: [BIP 15] Aliases X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:52:07 -0000 On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Amir Taaki wrote: > lol, way to miss the point nanotube. > > FirstBits *is* useless, but not for the reasons you specified. But simply= because the resources it needs rises exponentially as the number of partic= ipants in the network grows linearly. > > The point is that if FirstBits were built into the implementation, that w= ould allow me to simply send to 1brmlab. The proposal here is not for a web= site where people can lookup bitcoin addresses, but a shared naming scheme = between bitcoin implementations. Here's the story again: well, it's easy to miss the point when the example you use doesn't make the point you think you're making. :D but ok, yes, it would be nice to send directly to something like 1brmlab from the client. i suppose figuring out how to make sure that 1brmlab actually does send to whom you think it sends, is left to the details of implementation, but that's a separate question.