Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Td8U1-0000py-K7 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:53:01 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-qa0-f54.google.com ([209.85.216.54]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Td8U0-0007cT-Mf for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:53:01 +0000 Received: by mail-qa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id g24so4084691qab.13 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:52:55 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=on1j3Fj+im4wR9fdk/2MQQpRUeo2RYepmuuLoPSyIx4=; b=UUPtwvsvQPK7APkhxskdWRXSUUIrHVq984pbKWblt5xGlXbhilzz/AP9QKHUciBPYV dVYft4GO6bXW1gfB+We7opJZPZ08cXGxPGLPXU1WI5uWqaZyoPcm0/PEwETgkU7cLyiz iaIoC/nhnveAITfJSyiproC3LHRlZ0TDsX5HfNDbLbfE7zcnYUVnohnJv6xoLfUljaM2 +UgtnASJDXgTIEljzl5TntETMCS9rPSuGzBIKYA2+5BFbtz1pkPTMO06GLt99zzrRgk1 +xnhmHYnlR2h51unUbtEzK9wfwFO+dotWSMoKfo9vVLZo2iHw6ieg6jmHK2rFnEDQtFe yeFw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.173.76 with SMTP id o12mr14531347qaz.46.1353973975192; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:52:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.97.6 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:52:55 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [2001:4830:1603:2:21c:c0ff:fe79:c8c2] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:52:55 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jeff Garzik To: Gavin Andresen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmvvOBpM+HvnHuhqaRAFqBL4qyc6uI6G2mNDyAe8UtliI6N6bln2qybEpo9USvYusxdxema X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. X-Headers-End: 1Td8U0-0007cT-Mf Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Payment Protocol Proposal: Invoices/Payments/Receipts 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: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:53:01 -0000 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote: > This is the next big "lets all agree to do things the same way" thing > I think we should tackle. I'm particularly looking for feedback from > other bitcoin client developers, even if it is just a quick "looks > reasonable, if everybody else is going to do it then I will > (eventually) too..." Comments: 1) Payment message should include ability to specify the transaction _or_ a transaction id sent via normal means over the network. 2) I think a significant bitcoin userbase will want to operate outside the full root-CA chain. Just look at https:// websites now. Self-signed certs are quite common, because it is easier, while being more secure than http:// So some provision for self-signed certs, a use case in wide use elsewhere, or equivalent thereof, seems reasonable. -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgarzik@exmulti.com