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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay•com>
To: Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock•name>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Presenting a BIP for Shamir's Secret Sharing of Bitcoin private keys
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 22:38:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJHLa0Mvxa0BmTiZrB9PSkGNJ_XDrv3+eVu1NqyRKhKMGyr+OQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1701822.mCYDUGhe8d@crushinator>

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock•name> wrote:
> Okay, you've convinced me. However, it looks like the consensus here is that my BIP is unneeded, so I'm not sure it would be worth the effort for me to improve it with your suggestions.

Discussion of whether you should or should not use SSS is separate
from whether you should or should not write a BIP.

If people are using SSS in the field, it is better to write a BIP than
not.  Informational BIPs describing existing practice can be useful.

-- 
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc.      https://bitpay.com/



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-04-04  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CACsn0ckScTWG4YxNCscxvtdsmcUkxtR2Gi-rdBs2HCkirPz5rA@mail.gmail.com>
2014-03-29 15:44 ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 16:59   ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-29 17:19     ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 17:52       ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-29 18:00         ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 18:08           ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-29 18:10             ` Matt Whitlock
     [not found]               ` <CAAt2M18j7bGDsKouVw+e4j+FMiJ4vK6-sx+nrkwHyiKLqiH7Jg@mail.gmail.com>
2014-03-29 19:34                 ` Natanael
2014-04-04  2:38               ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2014-03-29 18:16         ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-29 18:41           ` Alan Reiner
2014-03-29 17:28     ` Roy Badami
2014-03-29 17:42       ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 17:51         ` Roy Badami
2014-03-29 17:28   ` devrandom
     [not found]   ` <1396113933.8809.91.camel@mimiz>
2014-03-29 17:38     ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 17:46       ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-03-29 19:49         ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-29 17:48       ` devrandom
2014-03-29 17:51         ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 17:56           ` devrandom
2014-04-03 12:41 Nikita Schmidt
2014-04-03 21:42 ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-04 13:51   ` Nikita Schmidt
2014-04-04 14:14     ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-04 16:05       ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-04 16:25         ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-04 16:36           ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-04 17:08             ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-04 17:16               ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-04 17:51                 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-04 18:53                   ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-04 16:03     ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-08  0:33       ` Nikita Schmidt
2014-04-08  0:38         ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-08  1:46           ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-08  2:07             ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-08 11:52               ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-10 22:31                 ` Nikita Schmidt
2014-04-22  8:06                   ` Jan Møller
2014-04-22  8:11                     ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22  8:27                       ` Jan Møller
2014-04-22  8:29                         ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22  8:39                           ` Jan Møller
2014-04-22  8:43                             ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22  8:51                               ` Jan Møller
2014-04-22  9:13                             ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22 11:50                               ` Justin A
2014-04-22  8:35                       ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22  8:39                         ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-22  8:40                           ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22  8:43                             ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-22  8:47                               ` Matt Whitlock
2014-04-22  8:50                                 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-22 15:32                           ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-22 15:49                             ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-22 17:03                               ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-22 17:07                               ` Jan Møller
2014-04-22 18:29                                 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-22 18:46                                   ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-23  5:33                                     ` Tamas Blummer
2014-04-23  6:16                                       ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-05-05 19:36                                         ` Nikita Schmidt
2014-05-12 12:09                                           ` Jan Møller
2014-08-14 19:23                                             ` Nikita Schmidt
2014-04-22 13:37                       ` Nikita Schmidt
2014-04-22  8:15                     ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-22  8:49                       ` Jan Møller
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-03-29  8:05 Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29  8:34 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-29  8:44 ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-29  8:51   ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29  8:54     ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 16:54   ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 17:37     ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-29  9:08 ` Chris Beams
2014-03-29  9:31   ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 11:16   ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 11:54     ` Chris Beams
2014-03-29 13:27       ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-29 13:36         ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-29 13:38           ` Tamas Blummer
2014-03-29 14:10           ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 14:19             ` Jeff Garzik
2014-03-29 14:55               ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29 15:04                 ` Mike Hearn
2014-03-29 14:28             ` Watson Ladd
2014-03-29 14:36               ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-03-29 15:01                 ` Matt Whitlock
2014-03-29  9:21 ` Chris Beams

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