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From: Lautaro Dragan <lautarodragan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 18:11:26 -0300
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Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Claiming an OP_RETURN Prefix
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Hi everyone,

My name's Lautaro and I'm currently acting as Tech Lead of Po.et
<https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN#OP_RETURN_prefixes>. At Po.et we use
colored coins
<https://github.com/poetapp/node/blob/3c905bc5dbd3722ad39ac68041d9f2a099e5e84c/src/BlockchainWriter/ClaimController.ts#L101-L110>
to
store data on the Bitcoin blockchain with prefix "POET".

I've read in an old version of the OP_RETURN entry of the bitcoin wiki
<https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=OP_RETURN&oldid=62560> that *protocols
wishing to claim OP_RETURN prefixes should use the standard Bitcoin
Improvement Proposals process*.

That entry seems to have changed recently
<https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN#OP_RETURN_prefixes>, no longer
stating that we should follow the BIP process, and I haven't been able to
find any existing BIP claiming an OP_RETURN prexif, but for the sake of
thoroughness I'd like to ask for your help or confirmation here.

Should we actually be using the BIP process to claim a prefix?

Thanks in advance,

Lautaro

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>My name&#39;s Lautaro and =
I&#39;m currently acting as Tech Lead of <a href=3D"https://en.bitcoin.it/w=
iki/OP_RETURN#OP_RETURN_prefixes">Po.et</a>. At Po.et we <a href=3D"https:/=
/github.com/poetapp/node/blob/3c905bc5dbd3722ad39ac68041d9f2a099e5e84c/src/=
BlockchainWriter/ClaimController.ts#L101-L110">use colored coins</a>=C2=A0t=
o store data on the Bitcoin blockchain with prefix &quot;POET&quot;.</div><=
div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve read in an old version of <a href=3D"https://en=
.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=3DOP_RETURN&amp;oldid=3D62560">the OP_RETURN =
entry of the bitcoin wiki</a> that=C2=A0<i>protocols wishing to claim OP_RE=
TURN prefixes should use the standard Bitcoin Improvement Proposals process=
</i>.</div><div><br></div><div>That entry seems to have <a href=3D"https://=
en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN#OP_RETURN_prefixes">changed recently</a>, no l=
onger stating that we should follow the BIP process, and I haven&#39;t been=
 able to find any existing BIP claiming an OP_RETURN prexif, but for the sa=
ke of thoroughness I&#39;d like to ask for your help or confirmation here.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>Should we actually be using the BIP process to cla=
im a prefix?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></di=
v><div>Lautaro</div></div>

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