- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 16:23:50 +0200
- To: public-blockchain@w3.org
Received on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:24:18 UTC
The bitcoin block chain has a common function where you can derive a key pair from a seed, and then use either the public or private key to derive multiple addresses. It is thus possible to standardize a way to give every WebID a unique bitcoin address based on a private key, while only knowing the corresponding seed public key. This is a very useful feature on the web which would allow, for example a server to issue deposit addresses to any user with a URI, and the key material will never have to live on the server. The only part that needs standardization is how to hash the URI and stuff it into the 124 bit HD wallet index. The suggested method is take SHA3 and get the first bits. I think this would be a super useful one page spec, and I hope to code this up. Let me know if there's more interest.
Received on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:24:18 UTC