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To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11473b908bc0b1051f6b0e55 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Named Bitcoin Addresses X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:12:31 -0000 --001a11473b908bc0b1051f6b0e55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone, An issue I'm sure everyone here is familiar with is the problem concerning the fact that Bitcoin addresses are too complex to memorize and share. Current Bitcoin addresses can be very intimidating to new users. As Bitcoin grows it's necessary to provide a much more user friendly experience to the end user. I think that having the capability to assign a unique name to a Bitcoin address is in the best interest of Bitcoin and it's users. I've recently come up with a method for assigning a unique name to a specific Bitcoin address. I'm looking to get some feedback/criticism on this method that I have detailed below. Let=E2=80=99s run through Bob and Alice transacting with a Named Bitcoin Ad= dress. Bob wants to collect a payment from Alice for a service/good he is selling, but Alice wants to pay from her home computer where she securely keeps all her Bitcoin. So now Bob needs to give Alice his Bitcoin address and because Bob is using a Named Bitcoin Address and a supported wallet he can give her an easy to memorize and hard to mess up address. Bob=E2=80=99s address is s= imply =E2=80=98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 which can easily be written down or mem= orized. Now Alice can go home send the Bitcoin from her own supported wallet and be positive that she sent it to Bob. Let=E2=80=99s look at how Bob=E2=80=99s supported wallet made that address. First Bob let=E2=80=99s his wallet know that he wants to create a new addre= ss. In response, his wallet simply asks him what he wants that address to be named. Bob then enters =E2=80=98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 as his preferred= address name. The wallet then let=E2=80=99s Bob know if his preferred address name is ava= ilable. If it=E2=80=99s available the name is broadcasted to the network and ready = to use. Now let=E2=80=99s get a little more technical. When Bob inputs his preferred address name the client has to make sure this name hasn=E2=80=99t been taken or else who knows where Alice will be sendin= g her Bitcoins. The client does this by referencing a downloaded =E2=80=9Cdirecto= ry=E2=80=9D of names chosen by people using this system. This directory of names are transactions sent to an address without a private key (but still viewable on the blockchain) with the name appended to the transactions as an OP_RETURN output. These transactions are downloaded or indexed, depending on whether or not the wallet contains the full Blockchain or is an SPV wallet. Because of such a large amount of possible address names a binary search method is used to search through all this data efficiently. The names could be sorted in two ways, the first being the first character and the second being the total length of the name (I will being exploring additional methods to make this process more efficient). So now that Bob=E2= =80=99s client has verified that the name has not been taken and is valid (valid meaning it's under 35 bytes long and only using chars 0-9 and a-z) it sends a transaction of 1 satoshi and a small fee to the address without a private key as talked about earlier. The transaction's OP_RETURN output consists of two parts. The implementation version of this method (up to 8 characters) and the name itself (up to 32 characters). Once the transaction is broadcasted to the network and confirmed the name is ready to be used. Let=E2=80=99s look at how Alice=E2=80=99s supported wallet sends her Bitcoi= n to Bob=E2=80=99s Named Bitcoin Address. When Alice enters in Bob=E2=80=99s address, =E2=80=98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2= =80=99 Alice=E2=80=99s client references the same =E2=80=9Cdirectory=E2=80=9D as Bob only on her device a= nd searches for the OP_RETURN output of =E2=80=98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 using a very si= milar binary search method as used for the verification of the availability of an address name. If a name isn=E2=80=99t found the client would simply return = an error. If the name is found then the client will pull the information of that transaction and use the address it was sent from as the address to send the Bitcoin to. Essentially what this idea describes is a method to assign a name to a Bitcoin address in a way that is completely verifiable and independent of a third party. Please ask your questions and provide feedback. - Devin --001a11473b908bc0b1051f6b0e55 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ev= eryone,=C2=A0

An issue I'm sure ev= eryone here is familiar with is the problem concerning the fact that=C2=A0B= itcoin addresses are too complex=C2=A0to memorize and share. Current Bitcoi= n addresses can be very intimidating to new users. As Bitcoin grows it'= s necessary to provide a much more user friendly experience to the end user= . I think that having the capability to assign a unique=C2=A0name to a Bitc= oin address is in the best interest of Bitcoin and it's users.
I've recently come up with a method for assigning a uniq= ue name to a specific Bitcoin address. I'm looking to get some feedback= /criticism on this method that I have detailed below.
Let=E2=80=99s run through Bob and Alice transacting w= ith a=C2=A0Named Bitcoin Address.
= Bob wants to collect a= payment from Alice for a service/good he is selling, but Alice wants to pa= y from her home computer where she securely keeps all her Bitcoin. So now B= ob needs to give Alice his Bitcoin address and because Bob is using a Named= Bitcoin Address and a=C2=A0supported wallet he can give her an easy to mem= orize and hard to mess up address. Bob=E2=80=99s address is simply =E2=80= =98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 which can easily be written down or memorized= . Now Alice can go home send the Bitcoin from her own supported wallet and = be positive that she sent it to Bob.

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Let=E2=80=99s look at how Bob=E2=80=99s supported wallet made that add= ress.

First Bob let=E2=80=99s hi= s wallet know that he wants to create a new address. In response, his walle= t simply asks him what he wants that address to be named. Bob then enters = =E2=80=98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 as his preferred address name. The wall= et then let=E2=80=99s Bob know if his preferred address name is available. = If it=E2=80=99s available the name is broadcasted to the network and ready = to use.

Now let=E2=80=99s get a = little more technical.

When Bob = inputs his preferred address name the client has to make sure this name has= n=E2=80=99t been taken or else who knows where Alice will be sending her Bi= tcoins. The client does this by referencing a downloaded =E2=80=9Cdirectory= =E2=80=9D of names chosen by people using this system. This directory of na= mes are transactions sent to an address without a private key (but still vi= ewable on the blockchain) with the name appended to the transactions as an = OP_RETURN output. These transactions=C2=A0are=C2=A0downloaded or indexed, d= epending on whether or not the wallet contains the full Blockchain or is an= SPV wallet. Because of such a large amount of possible address names a bin= ary search method is used to search through all this data efficiently. The = names could be sorted in two ways, the first being the first character and = the second being the total length of the name (I will being exploring addit= ional methods to make this process more efficient). So now that Bob=E2=80= =99s client has verified that the name has not been taken and is valid (val= id meaning it's under 35 bytes long and only using chars 0-9 and a-z) i= t sends a transaction of 1 satoshi=C2=A0and a small fee to the address with= out a private key as talked about earlier. The transaction's=C2=A0OP_RE= TURN output=C2=A0consists=C2=A0of two parts. The implementation version of = this method=C2=A0(up to 8=C2=A0characters) and the name itself (up to 32=C2= =A0characters). Once the transaction is broadcasted to the network and conf= irmed the name is=C2=A0ready to be used.

Let=E2=80=99s look at how Alice=E2=80=99s supported wallet sends h= er Bitcoin to Bob=E2=80=99s Named Bitcoin Address.=C2=A0

When Alice enters in Bob=E2=80=99s address, =E2=80= =98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 Alice=E2=80=99s client references the same = =E2=80=9Cdirectory=E2=80=9D as Bob only on her device and searches for the = OP_RETURN output of =E2=80=98SendBitcoinsToBob=E2=80=99 using a very simila= r binary search method as used for the verification of the availability of = an address name. If a name isn=E2=80=99t found the client would simply retu= rn an error. If the name is found then the client will pull the information= of that transaction and use the address it was sent from as the address to= send the Bitcoin to.

Essential= ly what this idea=C2=A0describes=C2=A0is a method to assign a name to a Bit= coin address in a way that is completely verifiable and independent of a th= ird party.

Please ask your quest= ions and provide feedback.

= - Dev= in
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