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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:16:37 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Stealth Addresses
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On naming, please allow consideration of "Confidential address".
Less conflation with "private key", connotes confidence, and as the address=
 is known to the transacting parties, it is a precisely accurate name.
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One of the use cases for these will be in multinational corporate internal =
international settlement.  For a company to use bitcoin for its internal se=
ttlement and maintain confidence that competitors will not be able to suss =
out its transactions, these confidential addresses will be of great use.
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Stealth connotes stealing, theft, hiding, fear, sneakiness, stealth bombers=
=2E  Maybe it is a good name, but not the best name.

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<div>On naming, please allow consideration of "Confidential address".</div>
<div>Less conflation with "private key", connotes confidence, and as the ad=
dress is known to the transacting parties, it is a precisely accurate name=
=2E</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>One of the use cases for these will be in multinational corporate inte=
rnal international settlement. &nbsp;For a company to use bitcoin for its i=
nternal settlement and maintain confidence that competitors will not be abl=
e to suss out its transactions, these confidential addresses will be of gre=
at use.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Stealth connotes stealing, theft, hiding, fear, sneakiness, stealth bo=
mbers. &nbsp;Maybe it is a good name, but not the best name.</div>

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