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 1RbeBm-00016K-63 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:15:30 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.210.175 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.210.175; envelope-from=harald.schilly@gmail.com; helo=mail-iy0-f175.google.com; Received: from mail-iy0-f175.google.com ([209.85.210.175]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1RbeBl-0003sM-AZ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:15:30 +0000 Received: by iakh37 with SMTP id h37so1792828iak.34 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:15:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.45.225 with SMTP id q1mr10502742igm.89.1324066524125; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:15:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: harald.schilly@gmail.com Received: by 10.50.10.168 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:14:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1324066230.24980.YahooMailNeo@web121004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1323728469.78044.YahooMailNeo@web121012.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1323979147.27319.140661012141129@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4EEB7E98.8030006@dot-bit.org> <1324066230.24980.YahooMailNeo@web121004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> From: Harald Schilly Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:14:53 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Rz8uWPmrOdV1QMB-pkTqb7eqxM8 Message-ID: To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) 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 (harald.schilly[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 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: 1RbeBl-0003sM-AZ Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [BIP 15] Aliases 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: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:15:30 -0000 On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 21:10, Amir Taaki wrote: > Especially when we already have bitcoin addresses with their own checksums- > what value do IBANs add? Well, I'm not an expert like you, but one benefit would be to be compatible with existing software solutions that are based on using IBANs. H