Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2C02105A for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:21:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from zinan.dashjr.org (zinan.dashjr.org [192.3.11.21]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A021106 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:21:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ishibashi.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:5:265:61b6:56a6:b03d:28d6]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D7CB10801BA; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:21:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Hashcash: 1:25:150904:justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org::y8QdGNjrqlMU0CiF:l4iL X-Hashcash: 1:25:150904:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org::ez=hkganqs2VL829:BGqQ From: Luke Dashjr To: Justus Ranvier Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:21:15 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/4.1.1-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) References: <201509040006.06430.luke@dashjr.org> <55E9D980.5020901@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> In-Reply-To: <55E9D980.5020901@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E463 A93F 5F31 17EE DE6C 7316 BD02 9424 21F4 889F X-PGP-Key-ID: BD02942421F4889F X-PGP-Keyserver: hkp://pgp.mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201509041821.16309.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] RFC: HD Bitmessage address derivation based on BIP-43 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: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:21:27 -0000 On Friday, September 04, 2015 5:48:48 PM Justus Ranvier wrote: > On 09/03/2015 07:06 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > Since BIP 43 is still a draft, I propose modifying it to refer non- > > > > Bitcoin purpose codes to the SLIP repository: > > https://doc.satoshilabs.com/slips/ > > What benefit is created by delegating the BIP-43 namespace management to > that company in particular? Feel free to create a company-independent repository instead. Although I don't think SLIPs are intended to be biased toward their company. > BIP-43 as it is currently composed provides the convenient feature of > purpose codes matching the BIP number. Moving purpose codes to a > separate namespace add complexity to its usage for no discernible benefit. This is not Bitcoin's problem... Polluting the BIP repository with N non- Bitcoin related specifications would be. Luke