Re: Composable Conditions

I am +1 for keeping the word "conditions"
I am not that keen on dropping the "crypto" part of it though

Do we really need to change the name?
Maybe I'm being sentimental but I have grown attached to it :)

On 19 May 2016 at 11:13, zaki@manian.org <zaki@manian.org> wrote:

> I disagree with statement that hashlocks aren't really signatures. See
> Lamport signatures, xmss.
>
> So I think it's fully proper to calm this a signature system.
>
> I do find myself using the words condition and signature somewhat
> interchangeably when talking about this kind of thing.
> On May 19, 2016 3:53 AM, "Rafael Pereira" <rafael@rippex.net> wrote:
>
>> LGTM
>>
>> Em qua, 18 de mai de 2016 às 20:20, Stefan Thomas <stefan@ripple.com>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> During one of the recent community group calls we promised that we would
>>> work on a better nomenclature for crypto-conditions.
>>>
>>> The main criticism we heard was that it seemed like it was called
>>> crypto-conditions based on a very narrow use case (triggering events based
>>> on signatures) in five-bells-ledger and that using them for multi-sig was
>>> going to be a more common use case.
>>>
>>> However, one person also commented that hashlocks aren't really
>>> signatures. (We've called them zero-bit signatures before, but that's like
>>> calling a road a "zero-river bridge".)
>>>
>>> I've discussed the terminology with Evan and here is what we propose:
>>>
>>> Composable Conditions are a standard for cryptographic one-way functions
>>> and ways to compose them.
>>>
>>> The idea here is that "condition" is actually broader than "signature".
>>> A signature verification algorithm is a function which returns a boolean:
>>> valid/invalid. A hashlock is also a function which returns a boolean:
>>> valid/invalid. In the future we may add a scriptable condition, but it
>>> would still return true or false. The general term for a thing that returns
>>> true or false is a "condition".
>>>
>>> Once you think about the idea of a "condition", you can also understand
>>> the use cases for this standard. Conditions can be triggers for events, but
>>> they can also be used for authentication ("accept any command that meets
>>> this condition".)
>>>
>>> The term "condition" also neatly expresses what we think is not in
>>> scope: Our spec specifically does not allow you to perform computation
>>> (returning values other than true or false.)
>>>
>>> Aside from the fact that it abstracts the condition type, the other
>>> significant feature of the standard is that it provides condition types
>>> which are a composition of other conditions.
>>>
>>> That's why we propose "Composable Conditions" as the new name. Please
>>> let us know your feedback in this thread!
>>>
>>> - Stefan
>>>
>> --
>>
>> Obrigado,
>> Rafael
>>
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