Steve Davis [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2017-02-26 📝 Original message:Hi Pieter, > On Feb 25, ...
📅 Original date posted:2017-02-26
📝 Original message:Hi Pieter,
> On Feb 25, 2017, at 4:14 PM, Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Any alternative to move us away from RIPEMD160 would require:
> <snipped>
“Any alternative”? What about reverting to:
[<public_key>, OP_CHECKSIG]
or perhaps later
[<“compressed” public_key>, OP_CHECKSIG]
This appears to get away from the issue without introducing a lot of other concerns?
(IIRC the RIPEMD thing was justified on convenience and compactness).
Could that be the alternative?
/s
📝 Original message:Hi Pieter,
> On Feb 25, 2017, at 4:14 PM, Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Any alternative to move us away from RIPEMD160 would require:
> <snipped>
“Any alternative”? What about reverting to:
[<public_key>, OP_CHECKSIG]
or perhaps later
[<“compressed” public_key>, OP_CHECKSIG]
This appears to get away from the issue without introducing a lot of other concerns?
(IIRC the RIPEMD thing was justified on convenience and compactness).
Could that be the alternative?
/s