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From: Lautaro Dragan <lautarodragan@gmail•com>
To: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr•org>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Claiming an OP_RETURN Prefix
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 23:19:44 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK6DEsrQaYQh02zdrtdO0DFfahcu7vA6kc_qp4fMBWTj+ux7MQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201808060204.19511.luke@dashjr.org>

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Sorry for the confusion. We're doing coloured coins — storing the "POET"
prefix followed by an IPFS hash in the output and storing the full data in
IPFS.

Would you point me to the current work on BIP 160 or the authors?

El dom., 5 de ago. de 2018 a la(s) 23:05, Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr•org>
escribió:

> Are you doing coloured coins or storing data?
>
> If the former, you should probably collaborate with the authors of BIP 160
> (yet to be added to the main repo), and/or write a new BIP if BIP 160 is
> insufficient for some reason.
>
> If the latter, you just shouldn't do it at all.
>
> Note that BIPs need to specify an actual protocol, not just claim a prefix.
>
>
> On Sunday 05 August 2018 21:11:26 Lautaro Dragan via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > My name's Lautaro and I'm currently acting as Tech Lead of Po.et
> > <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN#OP_RETURN_prefixes>. At Po.et we
> use
> > colored coins
> > <
> https://github.com/poetapp/node/blob/3c905bc5dbd3722ad39ac68041d9f2a099e5e
> >84c/src/BlockchainWriter/ClaimController.ts#L101-L110> to
> > store data on the Bitcoin blockchain with prefix "POET".
> >
> > I've read in an old version of the OP_RETURN entry of the bitcoin wiki
> > <https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=OP_RETURN&oldid=62560> that
> > *protocols wishing to claim OP_RETURN prefixes should use the standard
> > Bitcoin Improvement Proposals process*.
> >
> > That entry seems to have changed recently
> > <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OP_RETURN#OP_RETURN_prefixes>, no longer
> > stating that we should follow the BIP process, and I haven't been able to
> > find any existing BIP claiming an OP_RETURN prexif, but for the sake of
> > thoroughness I'd like to ask for your help or confirmation here.
> >
> > Should we actually be using the BIP process to claim a prefix?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Lautaro
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2018-08-06  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-05 21:11 Lautaro Dragan
2018-08-05 23:57 ` Peter Todd
2018-08-06  0:55   ` Lautaro Dragan
2018-08-06  1:54     ` CryptAxe
2018-08-06  2:04 ` Luke Dashjr
2018-08-06  2:19   ` Lautaro Dragan [this message]
2018-08-14 18:34 Christopher Allen
2018-08-15 20:33 ` Jorge Timón
2018-08-15 20:40   ` Jude Nelson
2018-08-15 21:54     ` Christopher Allen
2018-08-16  1:06       ` Luke Dashjr
2018-08-16  2:22         ` Lautaro Dragan
2018-08-16  2:37           ` Luke Dashjr
2018-08-16 17:32     ` Ryan Grant
2018-08-15 21:46   ` Peter Todd

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