From: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr•org>
To: Karl Johan Alm <karljohan-alm@garage•co.jp>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] {sign|verify}message replacement
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:14:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201803151414.06301.luke@dashjr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALJw2w5NQ=WX1Cm4aUXMN=uxn8NLHAfYDLEtqUptce5DCWZXWA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thursday 15 March 2018 7:36:48 AM Karl Johan Alm wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr•org> wrote:
> > Ideally, it should support not only just "proof I receive at this
> > address", but also "proof of funds" (as a separate feature) since this
> > is a popular misuse of the current message signing (which doesn't
> > actually prove funds at all). To do this, it needs to be capable of
> > signing for multiple inputs.
>
> Re-reading this, I think what you mean is it should be possible to
> create a proof for (a) specific UTXO(s), hence "inputs". That sounds
> pretty useful, yeah!
Not necessarily specific UTXOs (that would contradict fungibility, as well as
be impossible for hot/cold wallet separation), but just to prove funds are
available. The current sign message cannot be used to prove present possession
of funds, only that you receive funds.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-15 14:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-14 8:09 Karl Johan Alm
2018-03-14 9:46 ` Kalle Rosenbaum
2018-03-14 16:12 ` Anthony Towns
2018-03-15 3:01 ` Karl Johan Alm
2018-03-15 6:43 ` Jim Posen
2018-03-15 7:25 ` Karl Johan Alm
2018-03-15 20:53 ` Jim Posen
2018-03-14 12:36 ` Luke Dashjr
2018-03-15 7:36 ` Karl Johan Alm
2018-03-15 14:14 ` Luke Dashjr [this message]
2018-03-16 0:38 ` Karl Johan Alm
2018-03-16 1:59 ` Greg Sanders
2018-03-16 2:04 ` Karl Johan Alm
2018-03-15 10:15 ` Damian Williamson
2018-03-26 8:53 ` Pieter Wuille
2018-03-27 8:09 ` Karl Johan Alm
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