Daniel Hoffman [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2016-08-08 📝 Original message:It wouldn't be feasible in ...

📅 Original date posted:2016-08-08
📝 Original message:It wouldn't be feasible in the vast majority of cases, but I can't think of
a reason why it can't be built into the standard.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Trevin Hofmann via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Would it be feasible to transmit an entire BIP21 URI as audio? If you were
> to encode any extra information (such as amount), it would be useful to
> include a checksum for the entire message. This checksum could possibly be
> used instead of the checksum in the address.
>
> Trevin
>
> On Aug 8, 2016 3:06 PM, "Justin Newton via bitcoin-dev" <
> bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> Daniel,
>> Thanks for proposing this. I think this could have some useful use
>> cases as you state. I was wondering what you would think to adding some
>> additional tones to optionally denote an amount (in satoshis?).
>>
>> (FYI, actual link is here: https://github.com/Dako300/BIP )
>>
>> Justin
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Daniel Hoffman via bitcoin-dev <
>> bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This is my BIP idea: a fast, robust, and standardized for representing
>>> Bitcoin addresses over audio. It takes the binary representation of the
>>> Bitcoin address (little endian), chops that up into 4 or 2 bit chunks
>>> (depending on type, 2 bit only for low quality audio like american
>>> telephone lines), and generates a tone based upon that value. This started
>>> because I wanted an easy way to donate to podcasts that I listen to, and
>>> having a Shazam-esque app (or a media player with this capability) that
>>> gives me an address automatically would be wonderful for both the consumer
>>> and producer. Comes with error correction built into the protocol
>>>
>>> You can see the full specification of the BIP on my GitHub page (
>>> https://github.com/Dako300/BIP-0153).
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Justin W. Newton
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>> Netki, Inc.
>>
>> justin at netki.com
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>>
>>
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