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> Let me re-phrase: Is it a known thing for users to actually use it?

yes. Based on language stats from the app stores, roughly 30% to 40% of
Copay users have their backup on a language
other than English, and we constantly get requests to support new languages
in BIP39.

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Greg Sanders <gsanders87@gmail.com> wrote:

> Let me re-phrase: Is it a known thing for users to actually use it?
>
> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Matias Alejo Garcia <ematiu@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:34 AM, Greg Sanders via bitcoin-dev <
>> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone actually used the multilingual support in bip39?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Copay (and all its clones) use it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> If a feature of the standard has not been(widely?) used in years, and
>>> isn't supported in any major wallet(?), it seems indicative it was a
>>> mistake to add it in the first place, since it's a footgun in the makin=
g
>>> for some poor sap who can't even read English letters when almost all
>>> documentation is written in English.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 6:13 AM, nullius via bitcoin-dev <
>>> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-01-08 at 07:35:52 +0000, =E6=9C=A8=E3=83=8E=E4=B8=8B=E3=81=98=
=E3=82=87=E3=81=AA <kinoshitajona@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is very sad.
>>>>>
>>>>> The number one problem in Japan with BIP39 seeds is with English word=
s.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have seen a 60 year old Japanese man writing down his phrase
>>>>> (because he kept on failing recovery), and watched him write down "an=
eter"
>>>>> for "amateur"...
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> If you understand English and can spell, you read a word, your brain
>>>>> processes the word, and you can spell it on your own when writing dow=
n.
>>>>> Not many Japanese people can do that, so they need to copy letter for
>>>>> letter, taking a long time, and still messing up on occasion.
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> Defining "everyone should only use English, because ASCII is easier t=
o
>>>>> plan for" is not a good way to move forward as a currency.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well said.  Thank you for telling of these experiences.  Now please,
>>>> let=E2=80=99s put the shoe on the other foot.
>>>>
>>>> I ask everybody who wants an English-only mnemonic standard to entrust
>>>> *their own money* to their abilities to very, very carefully write thi=
s
>>>> down=E2=80=94then later, type it back in:
>>>>
>>>> =E3=81=99=E3=81=95=E3=82=93 =E3=81=9F=E3=82=93=E3=82=8D =E3=82=8A=E3=
=82=86=E3=81=86 =E3=81=97=E3=82=82=E3=82=93 =E3=81=A6=E3=81=84=E3=81=8A=E3=
=82=93 =E3=81=97=E3=81=A8=E3=81=86
>>>> =E3=81=A8=E3=81=93=E3=82=84 =E3=81=AF=E3=82=84=E3=81=84 =E3=81=8A=E3=
=81=86=E3=81=95=E3=81=BE =E3=81=BB=E3=81=8F=E3=82=8D =E3=81=91=E3=81=A1=E3=
=82=83=E3=81=A3=E3=81=B5 =E3=81=9F=E3=82=82=E3=81=A4
>>>>
>>>> (Approximate translation:  =E2=80=9CWhatever would you do if Bitcoin h=
ad been
>>>> invented by somebody named Satoshi Nakamoto?=E2=80=9D)
>>>>
>>>> No, wait:  That is only a 12-word mnemonic.  We are probably talking
>>>> about a Trezor; so now, hey you there, stake the backup of your life=
=E2=80=99s
>>>> savings on your ability to handwrite *this*:
>>>>
>>>> =E3=81=AB=E3=81=82=E3=81=86 =E3=81=97=E3=81=B2=E3=82=87=E3=81=86 =E3=
=81=AB=E3=82=93=E3=81=99=E3=81=86 =E3=81=B2=E3=81=88=E3=82=8B =E3=81=8B=E3=
=81=84=E3=81=93=E3=81=86 =E3=81=84=E3=81=AE=E3=82=8B =E3=81=AD=E3=82=93=E3=
=81=97 =E3=81=AF=E3=81=82=E3=81=95=E3=82=93 =E3=81=B2=E3=81=93=E3=81=8F
>>>> =E3=81=A8=E3=81=86=E3=81=8F =E3=81=8D=E3=82=82=E3=81=9F=E3=82=81=E3=81=
=97 =E3=81=9D=E3=81=AA=E3=81=9F =E3=81=93=E3=81=AA=E3=81=93=E3=81=AA =E3=81=
=AB=E3=81=95=E3=82=93=E3=81=8B=E3=81=9F=E3=82=93=E3=81=9D =E3=82=8D=E3=82=
=93=E3=81=8D =E3=82=81=E3=81=84=E3=81=82=E3=82=93 =E3=81=BF=E3=82=8F=E3=81=
=8F
>>>> =E3=81=B8=E3=81=93=E3=82=80 =E3=81=99=E3=81=B2=E3=82=87=E3=81=86 =E3=
=81=8A=E3=82=84=E3=82=86=E3=81=B2 =E3=81=B5=E3=81=9B=E3=81=8F =E3=81=91=E3=
=81=95=E3=81=8D =E3=82=81=E3=81=84=E3=81=8D=E3=82=87=E3=81=8F =E3=81=93=E3=
=82=93=E3=81=BE=E3=81=91
>>>>
>>>> Ready to bet your money on *that* as a backup phrase in your own
>>>> hands?  No?  Then please, stop demanding that others risk *their* mone=
y on
>>>> the inverse case.
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> If you cheat here by having studied Japanese, then remember that many
>>>> Japanese people know English and other European languages, too.  Then =
think
>>>> of how much money would be lost by your non-Japanese-literate family a=
nd
>>>> friends=E2=80=94if BIP 39 had only Japanese wordlists, and your folks =
needed to
>>>> wrestle with the above phrases as their =E2=80=9Cmnemonics=E2=80=9D.
>>>>
>>>> In such cases, the phrases cannot be called =E2=80=9Cmnemonics=E2=80=
=9D at all.  A
>>>> =E2=80=9Cmnemonic=E2=80=9D implies aid to memory.  Gibberish in a whol=
ly alien writing
>>>> system is much worse even than transcribing pseudorandom hex strings. =
 The
>>>> Japanese man in the quoted story, who wrote =E2=80=9Caneter=E2=80=9D f=
or =E2=80=9Camateur=E2=80=9D, was not
>>>> dealing with a *mnemonic*:  He was using the world=E2=80=99s most inef=
ficient means
>>>> of making cryptic bitstrings *less* userfriendly.
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> I began this thread with a quite simple request:  Is =E2=80=9C=E6=97=
=A5=E6=9C=AC=E8=AA=9E=E2=80=9D an
>>>> appropriate string for identifying the Japanese language to Japanese
>>>> users?  And what of the other strings I posted for other languages?
>>>>
>>>> I asked this as an implementer working on my own instance of the
>>>> greatest guard against vendor lock-in and stale software:  Independent
>>>> implementations.  =E2=80=94  I asked, because obviously, I myself do n=
ot speak all
>>>> these different languages; and I want to implement them all.  *All.*
>>>>
>>>> Some replies have been interesting in their own right; but thus far,
>>>> nobody has squarely addressed the substance of my question.
>>>>
>>>> Most worrisome is that much of the discussion has veered into criticis=
m
>>>> of multi-language support.  I opened with a question about other langu=
ages,
>>>> and I am getting replies which raise a hue and cry of =E2=80=9CEnglish=
 only!=E2=80=9D
>>>>
>>>> Though I am fluent and literate in English, I am uninterested in ever
>>>> implementing any standard of this nature which is artificially restric=
ted
>>>> to English.  I am fortunate; for as of this moment, we have a standard
>>>> called =E2=80=9CBIP 39=E2=80=9D which has seven non-English wordlists,=
 and four more
>>>> pending in open pull requests (#432, #442, #493, #621).
>>>>
>>>> I request discussion of language identification strings appropriate fo=
r
>>>> use with that standard.
>>>>
>>>> (P.S., I hope that my system did not mangle anything in the foregoing.
>>>> I have seen weird copypaste behaviour mess up decomposed characters.  =
I
>>>> thought of this after I searched for and collected some visually
>>>> fascinating phrases; so I tried to normalize these to NFC...  It shoul=
d go
>>>> without saying, easyseed output the Japanese perfectly!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> nullius@nym.zone | PGP ECC: 0xC2E91CD74A4C57A105F6C21B5A00591B2F307E0C
>>>> Bitcoin: bc1qcash96s5jqppzsp8hy8swkggf7f6agex98an7h | (Segwit nested:
>>>> 3NULL3ZCUXr7RDLxXeLPDMZDZYxuaYkCnG)  (PGP RSA: 0x36EBB4AB699A10EE)
>>>> =E2=80=9C=E2=80=98If you=E2=80=99re not doing anything wrong, you have=
 nothing to hide.=E2=80=99
>>>> No!  Because I do nothing wrong, I have nothing to show.=E2=80=9D =E2=
=80=94 nullius
>>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Mat=C3=ADas Alejo Garcia
>> @ematiu
>> Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!
>>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Let me re-phras=
e: Is it a known thing for users to actually use it?</span><div class=3D"gm=
ail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"></div><br>yes. Based on lan=
guage stats from the app stores, roughly 30% to=C2=A040% of Copay users hav=
e their backup on a language<div>other than English, and we constantly get =
requests to support new languages in BIP39.=C2=A0</div></div><div class=3D"=
gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:54 AM=
, Greg Sanders <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gsanders87@gmail.com=
" target=3D"_blank">gsanders87@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Let me re-phrase: Is it a known thin=
g for users to actually use it?</div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5=
"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 8, =
2018 at 9:52 AM, Matias Alejo Garcia <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:ematiu@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ematiu@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le=
ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><span>On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:34 =
AM, Greg Sanders via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bi=
tcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.li=
nuxfounda<wbr>tion.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></span><span><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Has anyone actually used the multili=
ngual support in bip39?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br=
></div></span><div>Copay (and all its clones) use it.=C2=A0</div><div><div =
class=3D"m_-3507240147884098865h5"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><=
/div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=
</div><div><br></div><div>If a feature of the standard has not been(widely?=
) used in years, and isn&#39;t supported in any major wallet(?), it seems i=
ndicative it was a mistake to add it in the first place, since it&#39;s a f=
ootgun in the making for some poor sap who can&#39;t even read English lett=
ers when almost all documentation is written in English.</div></div><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><div class=3D"m_-35=
07240147884098865m_7015119369442535395h5">On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 6:13 AM, n=
ullius via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@=
lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfounda<=
wbr>tion.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex"><div><div class=3D"m_-3507240147884098865m_7015119369442535395h5"><sp=
an>On 2018-01-08 at 07:35:52 +0000, =E6=9C=A8=E3=83=8E=E4=B8=8B=E3=81=98=E3=
=82=87=E3=81=AA &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kinoshitajona@gmail.com" target=3D"_b=
lank">kinoshitajona@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-=
left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>
This is very sad.<br>
<br>
The number one problem in Japan with BIP39 seeds is with English words.<br>
<br>
I have seen a 60 year old Japanese man writing down his phrase (because he =
kept on failing recovery), and watched him write down &quot;aneter&quot; fo=
r &quot;amateur&quot;...<br>
<br></span>
[...]<span><br>
<br>
If you understand English and can spell, you read a word, your brain proces=
ses the word, and you can spell it on your own when writing down.=C2=A0 Not=
 many Japanese people can do that, so they need to copy letter for letter, =
taking a long time, and still messing up on occasion.<br>
<br></span>
[...]<span><br>
<br>
Defining &quot;everyone should only use English, because ASCII is easier to=
 plan for&quot; is not a good way to move forward as a currency.<br>
</span></blockquote>
<br>
Well said.=C2=A0 Thank you for telling of these experiences.=C2=A0 Now plea=
se, let=E2=80=99s put the shoe on the other foot.<br>
<br>
I ask everybody who wants an English-only mnemonic standard to entrust *the=
ir own money* to their abilities to very, very carefully write this down=E2=
=80=94then later, type it back in:<br>
<br>
=E3=81=99=E3=81=95=E3=82=93=E3=80=80=E3=81=9F=E3=82=93=E3=82=8D=E3=80=80=E3=
=82=8A=E3=82=86=E3=81=86=E3=80=80=E3=81=97=E3=82=82=E3=82=93=E3=80=80=E3=81=
=A6=E3=81=84=E3=81=8A=E3=82=93=E3=80=80=E3=81=97=E3=81=A8=E3=81=86<br>
=E3=81=A8=E3=81=93=E3=82=84=E3=80=80=E3=81=AF=E3=82=84=E3=81=84=E3=80=80=E3=
=81=8A=E3=81=86=E3=81=95=E3=81=BE=E3=80=80=E3=81=BB=E3=81=8F=E3=82=8D=E3=80=
=80=E3=81=91=E3=81=A1=E3=82=83=E3=81=A3=E3=81=B5=E3=80=80=E3=81=9F=E3=82=82=
=E3=81=A4<br>
<br>
(Approximate translation:=C2=A0 =E2=80=9CWhatever would you do if Bitcoin h=
ad been invented by somebody named Satoshi Nakamoto?=E2=80=9D)<br>
<br>
No, wait:=C2=A0 That is only a 12-word mnemonic.=C2=A0 We are probably talk=
ing about a Trezor; so now, hey you there, stake the backup of your life=E2=
=80=99s savings on your ability to handwrite *this*:<br>
<br>
=E3=81=AB=E3=81=82=E3=81=86=E3=80=80=E3=81=97=E3=81=B2=E3=82=87=E3=81=86=E3=
=80=80=E3=81=AB=E3=82=93=E3=81=99=E3=81=86=E3=80=80=E3=81=B2=E3=81=88=E3=82=
=8B=E3=80=80=E3=81=8B=E3=81=84=E3=81=93=E3=81=86=E3=80=80=E3=81=84=E3=81=AE=
=E3=82=8B=E3=80=80=E3=81=AD=E3=82=93=E3=81=97=E3=80=80=E3=81=AF=E3=81=82=E3=
=81=95=E3=82=93=E3=80=80=E3=81=B2=E3=81=93=E3=81=8F<br>
=E3=81=A8=E3=81=86=E3=81=8F=E3=80=80=E3=81=8D=E3=82=82=E3=81=9F=E3=82=81=E3=
=81=97=E3=80=80=E3=81=9D=E3=81=AA=E3=81=9F=E3=80=80=E3=81=93=E3=81=AA=E3=81=
=93=E3=81=AA=E3=80=80=E3=81=AB=E3=81=95=E3=82=93=E3=81=8B=E3=81=9F=E3=82=93=
=E3=81=9D=E3=80=80=E3=82=8D=E3=82=93=E3=81=8D=E3=80=80=E3=82=81=E3=81=84=E3=
=81=82=E3=82=93=E3=80=80=E3=81=BF=E3=82=8F=E3=81=8F<br>
=E3=81=B8=E3=81=93=E3=82=80=E3=80=80=E3=81=99=E3=81=B2=E3=82=87=E3=81=86=E3=
=80=80=E3=81=8A=E3=82=84=E3=82=86=E3=81=B2=E3=80=80=E3=81=B5=E3=81=9B=E3=81=
=8F=E3=80=80=E3=81=91=E3=81=95=E3=81=8D=E3=80=80=E3=82=81=E3=81=84=E3=81=8D=
=E3=82=87=E3=81=8F=E3=80=80=E3=81=93=E3=82=93=E3=81=BE=E3=81=91<br>
<br>
Ready to bet your money on *that* as a backup phrase in your own hands?=C2=
=A0 No?=C2=A0 Then please, stop demanding that others risk *their* money on=
 the inverse case.<br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
If you cheat here by having studied Japanese, then remember that many Japan=
ese people know English and other European languages, too.=C2=A0 Then think=
 of how much money would be lost by your non-Japanese-literate family and f=
riends=E2=80=94if BIP 39 had only Japanese wordlists, and your folks needed=
 to wrestle with the above phrases as their =E2=80=9Cmnemonics=E2=80=9D.<br=
>
<br>
In such cases, the phrases cannot be called =E2=80=9Cmnemonics=E2=80=9D at =
all.=C2=A0 A =E2=80=9Cmnemonic=E2=80=9D implies aid to memory.=C2=A0 Gibber=
ish in a wholly alien writing system is much worse even than transcribing p=
seudorandom hex strings.=C2=A0 The Japanese man in the quoted story, who wr=
ote =E2=80=9Caneter=E2=80=9D for =E2=80=9Camateur=E2=80=9D, was not dealing=
 with a *mnemonic*:=C2=A0 He was using the world=E2=80=99s most inefficient=
 means of making cryptic bitstrings *less* userfriendly.<br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
I began this thread with a quite simple request:=C2=A0 Is =E2=80=9C=E6=97=
=A5=E6=9C=AC=E8=AA=9E=E2=80=9D an appropriate string for identifying the Ja=
panese language to Japanese users?=C2=A0 And what of the other strings I po=
sted for other languages?<br>
<br>
I asked this as an implementer working on my own instance of the greatest g=
uard against vendor lock-in and stale software:=C2=A0 Independent implement=
ations.=C2=A0 =E2=80=94=C2=A0 I asked, because obviously, I myself do not s=
peak all these different languages; and I want to implement them all.=C2=A0=
 *All.*<br>
<br>
Some replies have been interesting in their own right; but thus far, nobody=
 has squarely addressed the substance of my question.<br>
<br>
Most worrisome is that much of the discussion has veered into criticism of =
multi-language support.=C2=A0 I opened with a question about other language=
s, and I am getting replies which raise a hue and cry of =E2=80=9CEnglish o=
nly!=E2=80=9D<br>
<br>
Though I am fluent and literate in English, I am uninterested in ever imple=
menting any standard of this nature which is artificially restricted to Eng=
lish.=C2=A0 I am fortunate; for as of this moment, we have a standard calle=
d =E2=80=9CBIP 39=E2=80=9D which has seven non-English wordlists, and four =
more pending in open pull requests (#432, #442, #493, #621).<br>
<br>
I request discussion of language identification strings appropriate for use=
 with that standard.<br>
<br>
(P.S., I hope that my system did not mangle anything in the foregoing.=C2=
=A0 I have seen weird copypaste behaviour mess up decomposed characters.=C2=
=A0 I thought of this after I searched for and collected some visually fasc=
inating phrases; so I tried to normalize these to NFC...=C2=A0 It should go=
 without saying, easyseed output the Japanese perfectly!)<div class=3D"m_-3=
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lass=3D"m_-3507240147884098865m_7015119369442535395m_-6034384190307218273h5=
"><br>
<br>
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=E2=80=9C=E2=80=98If you=E2=80=99re not doing anything wrong, you have noth=
ing to hide.=E2=80=99<br>
No!=C2=A0 Because I do nothing wrong, I have nothing to show.=E2=80=9D =E2=
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