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| author | Tom Zander <tomz@freedommail.ch> | 2017-07-17 15:40:29 +0200 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2017-07-17 13:40:36 +0000 |
| commit | 225438c5fc8479d09be1f7cb67bb6c5ebde92db8 (patch) | |
| tree | 67d2ea1db7054cc5c4647f7c23692d47a042d289 | |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] A BIP proposal for conveniently referring to confirmed transactions
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+ +In the actual blockchain you will still be using txid, and if you want to=20 +change that then a less readable but more compact format is useful because= +=20 +we want to optimize for space, not for human comprehention. + +Another usecase I can come up with is you wanting to spend a specific outpu= +t,=20 +or you reporting a specific tx as proof to a merchant (or tax office). + +=46or any such usecases you sill need to actually provide a proof of holdin= +g=20 +the private keys and using a human-readable format just doesn=E2=80=99t see= +m to make=20 +much sense because a cryptographic proof of ownership is not going to be=20 +readable however hard you try. + +Apologies for missing the point, +can you list one or two usecases that you can see this being used for? +=2D-=20 +Tom Zander +Blog: https://zander.github.io +Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel + |