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Original date posted:2013-10-26
š Original message:On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
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This would give us an fully supported option which is completely CA
> free... it would only work for tor sites, but the people concerned
> about CA trechery are likely to want to use tor in any case.
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> Thoughts?
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I think a tiny number of people would use it, so from a purely engineering
priority perspective my initial reaction is "not worth it."
However, as a demonstration of the flexibility of the payment protocol and
because it is a really nifty idea that will give lots of people warm
fuzzies I think you should do it and we should pull it.
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Gavin Andresen
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š Original message:On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
This would give us an fully supported option which is completely CA
> free... it would only work for tor sites, but the people concerned
> about CA trechery are likely to want to use tor in any case.
>
> Thoughts?
>
I think a tiny number of people would use it, so from a purely engineering
priority perspective my initial reaction is "not worth it."
However, as a demonstration of the flexibility of the payment protocol and
because it is a really nifty idea that will give lots of people warm
fuzzies I think you should do it and we should pull it.
--
--
Gavin Andresen
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