Luke-Jr [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2011-07-26 🗒️ Summary of this message: The author ...

📅 Original date posted:2011-07-26
🗒️ Summary of this message: The author suggests using email addresses as a more memorable identity for Bitcoin transactions, and proposes a method for resolving addresses using DNSSEC and HTTPS.
📝 Original message:On Monday, July 25, 2011 11:35:34 PM Rick Wesson wrote:
> I started from the premise that I can't remember a bitcoin address but
> I can/do remember email addresses which, as an identity are easy
> labels for humans to remember. The IPv4 address is the metaphor I
> consider. As someone who actually worked on parts of DNSSEC I do
> believe in it -- and that it offers reasonable security for
> transactions.

1. Right now you practically need a unique Bitcoin address per transaction.
2. DNSSEC is on the edge of becoming illegal in the US.
3. Emails aren't merely domains.

I would propose something like resolving foo at bar.net to a SRV lookup for
_bitcoinaddressresolution._tcp.foo.bar.net, expecting a cert for bar.net,
making a HTTPS request for /bitcoinaddressresolution?foo at bar.net, and also
sending an email to foo at bar.net (the usual way) signed with the keys used for
the transaction. ;)