rich1.0npub1798ncudyucap9jzzujjsgufx8tdykm8auzfledjcs6f6wf4ekqvq8lpmjthttps://nostr.ae/npub1798ncudyucap9jzzujjsgufx8tdykm8auzfledjcs6f6wf4ekqvq8lpmjtnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-01-17 📝 Original message:So far I've only liked the original name "Stealth address" and the suggestion "routing address". Should we put this up for some kind of informal vote with comments allowed? Like a Google docs form? - Sent from my phone Den 17 jan 2014 10:18 skrev "Mike Hearn" <mike at plan99.net>: > I must say, this shed is mighty fine looking. It'd be a great place to > store our bikes. But, what colour should we paint it? > > How about we split the difference and go with "privacy address"? As Peter > notes, that's what people actually like and want. The problem with stealth > is it's got strong connotations with American military hardware and perhaps > thieves sneaking around in the night: > > https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=stealth > > But everyone loves privacy. > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Drak <drak at zikula.org> wrote: > >> Peter I agree with you about "reusable addresses", but aren't we also >> trying to get away from the word "address" entirely? How about calling it >> a "payment key" or "reusable payment key" instead? using "stealth" is just >> asking for bad press imo. >> >> >> On 16 January 2014 21:28, Peter Todd <pete at petertodd.org> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 04:05:27PM -0800, Jeremy Spilman wrote: >>> > Might I propose "reusable address". >>> > >>> > I think that describes it best to any non-programmer, and even more >>> > so encourages wallets to present options as 'one time use' vs >>> > 'reusable'. >>> > >>> > It definitely packs a marketing punch which could help drive >>> > adoption. The feature is only useful if/when broadly adopted. >>> >>> I'm very against the name "reusable addresses" and strongly belive we >>> should stick with the name stealth addresses. >>> >>> You gotta look at it from the perspective of a user; lets take standard >>> pay-to-pubkey-hash addresses: I can tell my wallet to pay one as many >>> times as I want and everything works just great. I also can enter the >>> address on blockchain.info's search box, and every transaction related >>> to the address, and the balance of it, pops up immediately. >>> >>> What is that telling me? A: Addresses starting with "1" are reusable. B: >>> Transactions associated with them appear to be public knowledge. >>> >>> Now I upgrade my wallet software and it says I now have a "reusable" >>> address. My reaction is "Huh? Normal addresses are reusable, what's >>> special about this weird reusable address thing that my buddy Bob's >>> wallet software couldn't pay." I might even try to enter in a "reusable" >>> address in blockchain.info, which won't work, and I'll just figure >>> "must be some new unsupported thing" and move on with my life. >>> >>> On the other hand, suppose my wallet says I now have "stealth address" >>> support. I'm going to think "Huh, stealth? I guess that means privacy >>> right? I like privacy." If I try searching for a stealth address on >>> blockchain.info, when it doesn't work I might think twig on "Oh right! >>> It said stealth addresses are private, so maybe the transactions are >>> hidden?" I might also think "Maybe this is like stealth/incognito mode >>> in my browser? So like, there's no history being kept for others to >>> see?" Regardless, I'm going to be thinking "well I hear scary stuff >>> about Bitcoin privacy, and this stealth thing sounds like it's gonna >>> help, so I should learn more about that" >>> >>> Finally keep in mind that stealth addresses have had a tonne of very >>> fast, and very wide reaching PR. The name is in the public conciousness >>> already, and trying to change it now just because of vague bad >>> associations is going to throw away the momentum of that good PR and >>> slow down adoption. Last night I was at the Toronto Bitcoin Meetup and I >>> based on conversations there with people there, technical and >>> non-technical, almost everyone had heard about them and almost everyone >>> seemed to understand the basic idea of why they were a good thing. 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