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From: "MⒶrtin HⒶboⓋštiak" <martin.habovstiak@gmail•com>
To: Natanael <natanael.l@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Standardizing automatic pre-negotiation of transaction terms with BIP70? (Emulating Amazon one-click purchase at all merchants)
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:21:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALkkCJYssJVFZ_y2-H2L+v61rzDkOUomo=qcys=SQnevMP2hPQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAt2M19Z1L0cvHKgziPehm-hq1fkS4YCust2pR-vwrz2+T2wQQ@mail.gmail.com>

2015-02-10 12:12 GMT+01:00 Natanael <natanael.l@gmail•com>:
> Den 10 feb 2015 11:48 skrev "MⒶrtin HⒶboⓋštiak"
> <martin.habovstiak@gmail•com>:
>>
>> I still don't understand. The website can have this information
>> available. This is exactly what e-bay does - it displays shipping
>> information to my country before I do anything. What's the problem?
>>
>> Also with other stuff, website can do it and browser extension can do
>> it too without messing with Bitcoin.
>
> 1: IP isn't guaranteed to work correctly both because you might be using a
> VPN out Tor.

Still possible using web browser extension.
>
> 2: Yes, the site can display all options right away, but are you willing to
> read all of them too?

Why not? And again, browser extension can do it without bitcoin wallet
- no need to connect unrelated things.
>
> 3: Detailed information is not necessary, nor does it have to be unprompted.
> It doesn't need to tell you more than which country you are in. It can even
> prompt you with a popup that has a slider that shows exactly how much
> information and of what kind you're about to share (including none, if
> that's your choice).
>
> 4: It doesn't need to share raw data. Take a look at anonymous credentials:
> http://www.zurich.ibm.com/idemix/
> https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/622.pdf
>
> 5: It can wait for prompting until you add the first item to the cart.

Everything you described is possible without Bitcoin involved - why
would we mix unrelated things?

P.S.: I believe in Unix philosophy. ;)



  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-10 11:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAAt2M18H0K99bmD4H_FRSeE+O9nGFDruCmo63GOQt1kxAdVBmQ@mail.gmail.com>
2015-02-10 10:21 ` Natanael
2015-02-10 10:34   ` MⒶrtin HⒶboⓋštiak
2015-02-10 10:41     ` Natanael
2015-02-10 10:48       ` MⒶrtin HⒶboⓋštiak
2015-02-10 11:12         ` Natanael
2015-02-10 11:21           ` MⒶrtin HⒶboⓋštiak [this message]
2015-02-10 10:50       ` Oleg Andreev
2015-02-10 10:59       ` Eric Voskuil
2015-02-10 11:08   ` Mike Hearn
2015-02-10 11:19     ` Natanael
2015-02-10 11:33       ` MⒶrtin HⒶboⓋštiak
2015-02-10 11:58         ` Natanael

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