Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WXXog-0002eA-F9 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:20:02 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 74.125.82.42 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.42; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-wg0-f42.google.com; Received: from mail-wg0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WXXod-00086N-4Q for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:20:00 +0000 Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id y10so1101698wgg.25 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:19:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=d2BbmdYsuEUCA8C6oHEJJ5LQSNron4fFfLdY0MzQnks=; b=GfO7O+MGyWTvOqdmclAfLqCc7XI9DM87aaw+ZX4V2j/BPdiifooPaSix2zIdhIXYtm sGdGOumzcRX5sGtcA7aJWkyYxuMAVx0xnIELzja6HXpnpyeRBy5juBnjHwmFeMzU9BKp TLA5Y+RNZp8l6EWsfLYNfylNmqX7UobOhMDD37nblUCqG2y7krT0/vN3BMkovPkjY5gL 0eujKrBRWYkWxBJ4WbX2wqsdDYifmekF/51cIKNX6yMbZjc+PdSJVExazNmsNrx8gKwl FBaIUwovjUtSlQEmLyMLL9Q5YH6xasQQ0R9ye3Myo+qSk3X5yUUXim4KzpRX7tZccFSq y/5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnipvvkTRCr8MaXCZL+Mrq26+3Mb3ocvqiuyqp3P0gUc897Hfh3lbfsRzOUvmFAcJPSnZDZ X-Received: by 10.180.189.139 with SMTP id gi11mr32332912wic.53.1396970392667; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:19:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.243.138 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 08:19:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jeff Garzik Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 11:19:32 -0400 Message-ID: To: Mike Hearn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) 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 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -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: 1WXXod-00086N-4Q Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Draft BIP for seamless website authentication using Bitcoin address 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: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:20:02 -0000 On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Mike Hearn wrote: > I'd be careful with swift generalisations. It depends a lot on the value of > your product. I didn't have any hangups about installing a plugin to use my -You- are irrelevant, as am I. We don't mind such things. But based on personal observations as well as Mozilla and other browser data, the user populace in general does not install plugins. Flash is the LONE exception to that ironclad general rule. PS. Google Earth is not a plugin :) -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/