From: Adam Back <adam@cypherspace•org>
To: Alan Reiner <etotheipi@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>,
timo.hanke@web•de
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Optional "wallet-linkable" address format - Payment Protocol
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:36:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130619183657.GA16708@netbook.cypherspace.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130619152815.GA14729@netbook.cypherspace.org>
This maybe simpler and trivially compatible with existing type2 public keys
(ones that are multiples of a parent public key): send an ECDSA signature of
the multiplier, and as we know you can compute ("recover") the parent public
key from an the ECDSA signature made using it.
Adam
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 05:28:15PM +0200, Adam Back wrote:
>[q-th root with unknown no discrete log artefact]
>
>If it was a concern I guess you could require a proof of knowledge of
>discrete log. ie as well as public key parent, multiplier the address must
>include ECDSA sig or Schnorr proof of knowledge (which both demonstrate
>knowledge of the discrete log of Q to base G.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-19 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-18 3:48 Alan Reiner
2013-06-19 12:19 ` Melvin Carvalho
2013-06-19 13:37 ` Alan Reiner
2013-06-19 13:54 ` Pieter Wuille
2013-06-19 14:25 ` Timo Hanke
2013-06-19 14:39 ` Alan Reiner
2013-06-19 15:28 ` Adam Back
2013-06-19 18:36 ` Adam Back [this message]
2013-06-19 19:00 ` Alan Reiner
2013-06-20 7:48 ` Timo Hanke
2013-06-20 9:10 ` Jeremy Spilman
2013-06-20 16:09 ` Alan Reiner
2013-06-19 20:03 ` Timo Hanke
2013-06-19 19:29 Jeremy Spilman
2013-06-19 20:10 ` Alan Reiner
2013-06-19 21:58 ` Jeremy Spilman
2013-06-19 22:47 ` Alan Reiner
2013-06-20 3:54 ` Jeremy Spilman
2013-06-20 7:32 ` Mike Hearn
2013-06-26 15:29 ` Alan Reiner
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