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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] easypaysy - A layer-two protocol to send payments
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Good morning Tim, and Jose,

> Just a quick question, this is fully decentralized?
>

It broadcasts information over `OP_RETURN` on the blockchain layer, thus de=
centralized as long as the blockchain layer is decentralized.
It also means that to register an account, you need to either own some Bitc=
oins, or rent some Bitcoins to serve as signalling (and then potentially ha=
ve to change your account identifier later when the lease expires).
`OP_RETURN` does have size limits (imposed by `isStandard`), I do not remem=
ber exact numbers, and any data would need to fit.
Finally, use of the blockchain layer is costly; given that payees must be o=
nline at any time payers wish to pay, it may do better to just use Lightnin=
g instead, which has the same requirement, but moves payments to a separate=
 layer as well, and requires only a single onchain transaction to construct=
 a channel (easypaysy seems to require at least 2, one to anchor the accoun=
t pubkeys, the other to give the basic "activation" information for the acc=
ount).

It may be useful to consider defiads, which does *not* use `OP_RETURN`, but=
 instead uses pay-to-contract, and sends the advertisement data over a sepa=
rate overlay network.
The use-case is mildly different, but ultimately defiads is about connectin=
g potential buyers to potential sellers, and sending data about how to get =
paid would have to be part and parcel of how defiads ultimately works.

Also, one of the contact-information protocols supported should probably be=
 Tor hidden services, instead of `https`.
Tor hidden services have better useability (no need for port forwarding or =
registering DNS from some centralized service), with privacy as a bonus.

Further it seems insufficient to only encode block and tx index.
I think it should also encode output index, to also allow a single transact=
ion to anchor multiple accounts.
Also consider using the Lightning encoding of identifying an output: 543847=
x636x2


Regards,
ZmnSCPxj


> Greetings,
>
> Tim Blokdijk
>
> Op 02-12-19 om 15:00 schreef Jose Femenias via bitcoin-dev:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just released an early preview of easypaysy, a protocol for Bitc=
oin, that I have been working on for the past few months.
> >
> > (In case you are wondering, easypaysy stands for EASY - PAYment- SYstem=
...)
> >
> > Long story short, easypaysy is a layer-two protocol that allows the cre=
ation of non-custodial accounts directly on the blockchain, so that bitcoin=
 addresses can fully disappear from the user experience.
> > In lieu of addresses, users send payments to permanent account IDs.
> >
> > Account IDs are implicitly assigned by the mining process, and come in =
several flavors, like in these examples:
> >
> > Canonical ID:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 btc@543847.636/577
> > Mnemonic ID:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 btc@cancel-mind.exhibit/motion
> > Domain ID:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 btc@example.com/motion-custom
> >
> > (Note: Domain IDs are optional and require extra configuration)
> >
> > The protocol allows both interactive and non interactive payments.
> > All payments are non-repudiable, and it is possible to implement pull-p=
ayments as well as chargebacks.
> >
> > Most of the protocol is quite advanced, but I have refrained from speci=
fying some of the details, until the interested parties can give their feed=
back.
> >
> > For more information, you can see the white paper and a short introduct=
ory video at:
> >
> > https://www.easypaysy.org
> >
> > or directly, by following these links:
> >
> > White paper at https://www.easypaysy.org/assets/easypaysy_white_paper.p=
df
> > Introductory video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAOGBdyZbyoA
> >
> > You can also get in contact with me in at:
> >
> > jose.femenias@gmail.com
> >
> > or using the project's email at:
> >
> > easypaysy@gmail.com
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
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