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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:10:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Amir Taaki <zgenjix@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Quote on BIP 16
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2 compressed pubkeys=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: Amir Taak=
i <zgenjix@yahoo.com>=0ATo: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net" <bi=
tcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>=0ACc: =0ASent: Sunday, January 29,=
 2012 4:52 AM=0ASubject: [Bitcoin-development] Quote on BIP 16=0A=0AGavin s=
aid:=0A"Part of the controversy is whether really long bitcoin addresses wo=
uld work-- would it be OK if the new bitcoin addresses were really long and=
 looked something like this:=A0=A057HrrfEw6ZgRS58dygiHhfN7vVhaPaBE7HrrfEw6Z=
gRS58dygiHhfN7vVhaPaBiTE7vVhaPaBE7Hr=0A(or possibly even longer)=0A=0AI've =
argued no: past 70 or so characters it becomes a lot harder to copy and pas=
te, a lot harder to scan an address with your eyes to see if you're paying =
who you think you're paying, harder to create a readable QR code, harder to=
 upgrade website or database code that deals with bitcoin addresses, etc. T=
here is rough consensus that very-long addresses are not workable."=0A=0AHo=
w could you have a 70 byte long address without a P2SH scheme? Is this a mi=
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