I liked the cheekiness of your summary, Adam ;)
I'm not sure why this needs to be a BIP. It is a UX detail--not really
related to bitcoin protocol or procedures. I wouldn't even call it a
description of best practices, since every product's use case is going to
be different.
If you think there
If this needs to be a BIP or not, that is up to this list to decide, I will
not be pushy abut it. We simply encountered a well defined and common issue
and we took the time to work out and specify our solution, so it may come
in handy for other developers encountering this same issue. We can argue
Thank you for all your comments. To sum up:
- There were no comments related to the implementation details.
- There are concerns about this may incentivize users to use copypaste
functionality extensively.
- A counter argument was made that crypto hijackers use the clipboard,
because that is the
> > Do you know any reasonably convenient mechanism for end user to
> > transfer an address from, say, a web page to the wallet address
> > input field ?
>
> - QR code scanning of a Bitcoin URI
> - On Android: A "bitcoin:" URI intent or a BIP70 payment message
> intent
> - On desktop OSes
>The problem will be to come up with an address authentication
procedure that will be convenient for users and widely supported, as a
result.
You could locally hash the destination address and from the hash derive a
BIP39 style list of 12 words for visual comparison. I would advise against
using
> On Nov 7, 2018, at 13:28, Andreas Schildbach via bitcoin-dev
> wrote:
>
> Copying addresses to the clipboard should be discouraged, rather than
> supported.
>
> It is an inherently insecure mechanism. Regardless of the OS used, any
> application can monitor the clipboard for Bitcoin
On 08/11/2018 09.11, Dmitry Petukhov via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>> Copying addresses to the clipboard should be discouraged, rather than
>> supported.
>
> Do you know any reasonably convenient mechanism for end user to
> transfer an address from, say, a web page to the wallet address
> input field ?
> Copying addresses to the clipboard should be discouraged, rather than
> supported.
Do you know any reasonably convenient mechanism for end user to
transfer an address from, say, a web page to the wallet address
input field ?
The clipboard is just a low-hanging fruit for malware, anyway. It
Copying addresses to the clipboard should be discouraged, rather than
supported.
It is an inherently insecure mechanism. Regardless of the OS used, any
application can monitor the clipboard for Bitcoin addresses and replace
any address with their own, usually without any specific permission or
BIP: ?
Layer: Applications
Title: Address Paste Improvement
Author: nopara73 , David Molnar <
molnardavi...@gmail.com>
Type: Standard Track
Created: 2018-11-07
Abstract. End-users often copy-paste addresses. This BIP aims to facilitate
the user experience regarding this process.
Motivation. Some
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