Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1W3k39-0004pi-MI for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:19:47 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.214.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.169; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com; helo=mail-ob0-f169.google.com; Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1W3k38-00066H-Jz for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:19:47 +0000 Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id wp4so2547877obc.28 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:19:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.98.40 with SMTP id ef8mr6281844oeb.13.1389867581251; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:19:41 -0800 (PST) Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.99.112 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:19:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20140106120338.GA14918@savin> <20140110102037.GB25749@savin> <20140113133746.GI38964@giles.gnomon.org.uk> <20140114225321.GT38964@giles.gnomon.org.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:19:41 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: gXf6n_UvjVGiH3YZexyDRJoix88 Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: Drak Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013a18227726cb04f013c3f1 X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) 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 (mh.in.england[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 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: 1W3k38-00066H-Jz Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Stealth Addresses 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: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:19:48 -0000 --089e013a18227726cb04f013c3f1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I think we have a winner in "reusable address". Yes an existing address can be reused and will superficially appear to work, it just won't work well. Calling them reusable addresses helps reinforce the idea in peoples mind that the other kind shouldn't be reused. On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Drak wrote: > On 16 January 2014 00:05, Jeremy Spilman wrote: > >> Might I propose "reusable address". >> >> I think that describes it best to any non-programmer, and even more so >> encourages wallets to present options as 'one time use' vs 'reusable'. >> > > The problem is all addresses are reusable and to an average user, > addresses are already reusable so there is little to distinguish the > address format. > It might be better to call it a "public address" in common terminology. > > Drak > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > --089e013a18227726cb04f013c3f1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I think we have a winner in "reusable address". = Yes an existing address can be reused and will superficially appear to work= , it just won't work well. Calling them reusable addresses helps reinfo= rce the idea in peoples mind that the other kind shouldn't be reused. --089e013a18227726cb04f013c3f1--