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From: Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock.name>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] RFC - BIP: URI scheme for Blockchain exploration
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On Wednesday, 2 September 2015, at 12:46 am, Jorge Tim=F3n wrote:
> But again, the main issue is that we don't want a central authority t=
o
> register unique unique and memorable chain name strings.
Why not? There's a central registry of MIME types. And there's a centra=
l registry of TCP/UDP port number assignments. The BIP describing the "=
blockchain" URI scheme is published by a central authority. For cases w=
here assigning names to numbers is uncontroversial, central authorities=
don't cause any problems.
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