[Bitcoin-development] BIP 0021 idea: sendmany

2013-05-22 Thread shaker521
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 0021 idea: sendmany

2013-05-22 Thread Wladimir
Do you have a specific use case in mind? Maybe - if you have a percentage slider like with humble bundles you can make it more explicit what part went where? In any case, if you're really interested in this you need to write a new BIP that extends 21. "Any syntax will do" does not help in impleme

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 21 May 2013 01:59, Mark Friedenbach wrote: > At the developer round-table it was asked if the payment protocol would > alt-chains, and Gavin noted that it has a UTF-8 encoded string > identifying the network ("main" or "test"). As someone with two > proposals in the works which also require ch

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > Some out of band algo/hash could work so long as there was a one to one > relationship between the described object and the UUID. In this case the > gensis block may not uniquely identify a coin. What does this mean? It seems extremely u

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 22 May 2013 16:07, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Melvin Carvalho > wrote: > > Some out of band algo/hash could work so long as there was a one to one > > relationship between the described object and the UUID. In this case the > > gensis block may not uniquely identif

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > On 22 May 2013 16:07, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Melvin Carvalho >> wrote: >> > Some out of band algo/hash could work so long as there was a one to one >> > relationship between the described object and the

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Luke-Jr
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:20:22 PM Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Melvin Carvalho > > wrote: > > On 22 May 2013 16:07, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Melvin Carvalho > >> > >> wrote: > >> > Some out of band algo/hash could work so long as th

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Luke-Jr wrote: > In some cases, multiple currencies can use the same blockchain (not just the > singular genesis block). This use case *is* something we want to encourage - > no reason for people to make an entirely new blockchain if their altcoin fits > within th

Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere)

2013-05-22 Thread Gavin Andresen
Getting back to the original proposal: RE: uuid instead of "main" / "test" in the payment protocol: I vote no. The payment protocol will become at least 3 BIPs: 1) Protocol messages (current gist, essentially) 2) MIME type 3) bitcoin: URI extension An alt coin will need its own version of (2)

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 0021 idea: sendmany

2013-05-22 Thread shaker521
You can pull use cases out of thin air. Humble Bundle is a perfect example. BIP 0001 instructed me to introduce the idea here before performing the labor of writing a new BIP. If others reply in support then the labor will be justified. The intended purpose is to give users the simplest way to

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP 0021 idea: sendmany

2013-05-22 Thread shaker521
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