Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C995B8E3 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:12:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:05:37 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.lexi.hackbox.gr (lexi.hackbox.gr [5.9.48.66]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3574271 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:12:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.24] (athedsl-115870.home.otenet.gr [85.75.28.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lexi.hackbox.gr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 480003612 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 10:55:12 +0000 (UTC) To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: From: Antonis Anastasiadis Message-ID: <946e99ed-0b02-75bf-1c5f-00bb4c451f2c@antanst.com> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:07:14 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------23C5FECB0EB55343993A43F0" Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:16:38 +0000 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] A DNS-like decentralized mapping for wallet addresses? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:12:56 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------23C5FECB0EB55343993A43F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Also check the Open Alias project. It's based on DNS+DNSSEC but it offers the usability feature you mention (nice addresses). https://openalias.org/ On 01/12/2017 00:20, mandar mulherkar via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Hello, > > I am new, so apologies if this has been asked before. > > Here are a few questions to start with - > > I was wondering in terms of mass adoption, instead of long wallet > addresses, maybe there should be a DNS-like decentralized mapping > service to provide a user@crypto address? > > This address translation can happen with confirmations from the > network. So instead of providing a long string, or a QR code that > needs an app, you simply type in a human readable address, and the > wallet software converts it to a wallet address. > > Please let me know where I can research this more - if there already > is literature about this somewhere. > > thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev --------------23C5FECB0EB55343993A43F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Also check the Open Alias project. It's based on DNS+DNSSEC but it offers the usability feature you mention (nice addresses).

https://openalias.org/

On 01/12/2017 00:20, mandar mulherkar via bitcoin-dev wrote:

Hello,

I am new, so apologies if this has been asked before.

Here are a few questions to start with -

I was wondering in terms of mass adoption, instead of long wallet addresses, maybe there should be a DNS-like decentralized mapping service to provide a user@crypto address?

This address translation can happen with confirmations from the network. So instead of providing a long string, or a QR code that needs an app, you simply type in a human readable address, and the wallet software converts it to a wallet address.

Please let me know where I can research this more - if there already is literature about this somewhere.

thanks!
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