Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VZuyU-0004NO-Sr for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:55:42 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 74.125.82.175 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.175; envelope-from=gavinandresen@gmail.com; helo=mail-we0-f175.google.com; Received: from mail-we0-f175.google.com ([74.125.82.175]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VZuyU-00032Q-4Y for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:55:42 +0000 Received: by mail-we0-f175.google.com with SMTP id t61so4676780wes.34 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:55:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.208.2 with SMTP id ma2mr1051103wic.52.1382759735928; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:55:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.156.163 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:55:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:55:35 +1000 Message-ID: From: Gavin Andresen To: Gregory Maxwell Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c38dfcdeaf1204e99cd6dc X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (gavinandresen[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1VZuyU-00032Q-4Y Cc: Bitcoin Development Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Payment protocol for onion URLs. 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: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:55:43 -0000 --001a11c38dfcdeaf1204e99cd6dc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > .... This would give us an fully supported option which is completely CA > free... it would only work for tor sites, but the people concerned > about CA trechery are likely to want to use tor in any case. > > Thoughts? > I think a tiny number of people would use it, so from a purely engineering priority perspective my initial reaction is "not worth it." However, as a demonstration of the flexibility of the payment protocol and because it is a really nifty idea that will give lots of people warm fuzzies I think you should do it and we should pull it. -- -- Gavin Andresen --001a11c38dfcdeaf1204e99cd6dc Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwe= ll@gmail.com> wrote:
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This would give us an fully supported option which is completely CA
free... it would only work for tor sites, but the people concerned
about CA trechery are likely to want to use tor in any case.

Thoughts?

I think a tiny numb= er of people would use it, so from a purely engineering priority perspectiv= e my initial reaction is "not worth it."

However, as a demonstration of the fle= xibility of the payment protocol and because it is a really nifty idea that= will give lots of people warm fuzzies I think you should do it and we shou= ld pull it.

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Gavin Andresen
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