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From: Pavol Rusnak <stick@satoshilabs.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 20:25:02 +0100
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To: Chris Belcher <belcher@riseup.net>, 
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Base64-encoded descriptors
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I'd rather see something using Base58 or even better Bech32. Base64 is not
URL/QR code friendly.

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 18:06 Chris Belcher via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> I've recently been playing around with descriptors, and they are very
> nice to work with. They should become the standard for master public
> keys IMO.
>
> One downside is that users cant easily copypaste them to-and-fro to make
> watch-only wallet. The descriptors contain parenthesis and commas which
> stop highlighting by double-clicking. Also the syntax might look scary
> to newbs.
>
> An obvious solution is to base64 encode the descriptors. Then users
> would get a text blog as the master public key without any extra details
> to bother them, and developers can easily base64 decode for developing
> with them.
>
> A complication might be the descriptor checksum. If there's a typo in
> the base64 text then that could decode into multiple character errors in
> the descriptor, which might be problematic for the checksum. Maybe the
> descriptor could be base64 encoded without the checksum, then attach the
> checksum to the end of the base64 text.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> I didn't come up with these ideas, they came from discussions with
> achow101.
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<div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;d rather see something using Base58 or even better =
Bech32. Base64 is not URL/QR code friendly.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 18:06 Chri=
s Belcher via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoun=
dation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px=
 #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I&#39;ve recently been playing around with de=
scriptors, and they are very<br>
nice to work with. They should become the standard for master public<br>
keys IMO.<br>
<br>
One downside is that users cant easily copypaste them to-and-fro to make<br=
>
watch-only wallet. The descriptors contain parenthesis and commas which<br>
stop highlighting by double-clicking. Also the syntax might look scary<br>
to newbs.<br>
<br>
An obvious solution is to base64 encode the descriptors. Then users<br>
would get a text blog as the master public key without any extra details<br=
>
to bother them, and developers can easily base64 decode for developing<br>
with them.<br>
<br>
A complication might be the descriptor checksum. If there&#39;s a typo in<b=
r>
the base64 text then that could decode into multiple character errors in<br=
>
the descriptor, which might be problematic for the checksum. Maybe the<br>
descriptor could be base64 encoded without the checksum, then attach the<br=
>
checksum to the end of the base64 text.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
I didn&#39;t come up with these ideas, they came from discussions with acho=
w101.<br>
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