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…Bech32 alphabet. This prefix can be used to differentiate between kinds of identifier, for example: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0350.mediawi... But to address the article directly, I'm not sure the complexity is worth…

comment by sigwinch28 · 2026-09-13 · in Base84 deserves a place in file names

I couldn't tell at first, tbh. It had this vibe: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0042.mediawi...

comment by adastra22 · 2026-05-10 · in Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES

…wordlists for crypto wallet recovery phrases https://shop.ledger.com/products/cryptotag-zeus and https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-003... There is also Microsoft Project Silica which I recall seeing in person at…

comment by simonjgreen · 2026-02-14 · in Ask HN: Are there examples of 3D printing data onto physical surfaces?

…However at the moment, the community seems to be leaning towards pay-for-quantum-resistance [0] [0] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1670

comment by barbarr · 2025-10-25 · in Can someone explain why Bitcoin isn't crashing due to quantum?

…That effort appears to just be getting talked about now, without even starting to discuss timing: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1895

comment by acdha · 2025-10-23 · in Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware

…quick proof of concept to generate 6 word phrases from a youtube url using the same wordlist[2] [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi... [2] https://yt-mnemonics.pages.dev

comment by hillbillybones · 2024-07-14 · in Give people something to link to

…Apple Watch Wallet. It was for receiving over lightning, not sending. I guess with unified [BIP21]( https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0021.mediawi... ) QR-codes, anyone can already add a RECEIVING wallet code to Apple Wallet…

comment by janandonly · 2024-05-22 · in Apple Could Add Bitcoin to Apple Wallet

…QR code to scan, or generate one of the word based codes like bitcoin wallet passwords. See BIP39: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039 . (This passphrase would be short if the test results distill down to a smaller set of…

comment by Terretta · 2024-05-13 · in Show HN: I created an app for you to be a more unpredictable romantic partner

a mnemonic code? https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi... https://iancoleman.io/bip39/

comment by lgvld · 2024-04-28 · in Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous characters in IDs

…errors which are better handled by the addresses error detecting (and potentially correcting) code. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawi...

comment by nullc · 2024-04-23 · in Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous characters in IDs

…or interference have failed. There aren't many systems that come close to that kind of record. [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0042.mediawi...

comment by Octokiddie · 2024-04-20 · in Bitcoin Block 840000

…they want to use. The protocol development happens through BIPs (Bitcoin improvement proposals): https://github.com/bitcoin/bips BIPs are discussed for years, before (and if) they are implemented, and basically everyone needs to agree on…

comment by Geee · 2023-11-21 · in SEC charges Kraken for operating as an unregistered securities exchange

…needed BIP32 solved this in 2012, and is used by basically all self-custodial wallets these days. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawi...

comment by greyface- · 2023-10-23 · in Hal Finney Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto

> Which policy are we referring to? * BIP 141 version bits and BIP 148 as a voting mechanism: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawi... and https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0148.mediawi... * core…

comment by hudon · 2023-09-16 · in Bitcoin and the dangerous fantasy of ‘apolitical’ money (2013)

Reference python implementation straight from the BIP https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0340/referen...

comment by drexlspivey · 2023-07-03 · in A Dive into the Math Behind Bitcoin Schnorr Signatures

…of the nodes which didn't. The latter is usually short-lived, but sometimes things get... messy: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0050.mediawi...

comment by yellowapple · 2023-04-13 · in A systematic critique of Bitcoin's value proposition

…Instead of 3 words, use 4 or 5 words from BIP 39's far less ambiguous list of 2048 words. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/english... Based on what3word's claim of 75 trillion squares, 5 words are needed to cover all of…

comment by x-complexity · 2023-03-03 · in Costa Rica’s enigmatic addresses (2021)

…earn Bitcoin. You can also earn Bitcoin from others directly providing products and services. [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips

comment by rglover · 2022-12-14 · in Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 50 basis points

…users won't remember either number of words for life, they have to back up somewhere safe anyway. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-003...

comment by flockonus · 2022-12-05 · in Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

My vote is for extended keys, something based off HD Wallets: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawi... Easy rotation and recovery of individual keys, but you do have to protect your master seed. Nostr also supports…

comment by kdragon · 2022-11-25 · in Nostr is a stupid simple P2P protocol that works, built by builders

Lasers. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0052.mediawi...

comment by swinglock · 2022-09-18 · in GPU mining no longer profitable after Ethereum merge

It’s a is ref to https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0050.mediawi... however I don’t think that’s really in the same class to the Eth chain split. It was a db bug, it got fixed, “infra” bugs. Eth was a forced onchain state fix.…

comment by randomhodler84 · 2022-07-22 · in Blockchain.com cuts 25% workforce amid crypto bear market

…work on most chains I know due to chain state... Details in BIP-32 [0] and BIP-44 [1]. [0] - https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawi... [1] - https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0044.mediawi...

comment by mhluongo · 2022-07-10 · in GoKey – A simple vaultless password manager in Go

…you can generate a new private key and move funds. Check out BIP-39 [0] for more details. [0] - https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi...

comment by mhluongo · 2022-07-10 · in GoKey – A simple vaultless password manager in Go

…what bitcoin regulations you would find useful. And have you submitted any BIPs for your ideas? https://github.com/bitcoin/bips

comment by landemva · 2022-03-19 · in A Bitcoin Mine at a Natural Gas Well in Texas

It has that, it just never became widely used and has some drawbacks. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawi...

comment by tenuousemphasis · 2022-03-05 · in Scam e-mail impersonating Red Cross

See BIP39 for an established standard to creating a mnemonic sequences out of entropy: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/ad745f2f0155c90f0471ba8...

comment by Kubuxu · 2022-02-09 · in Dangerous toys: Anything to ed25519 (SSH Keys)

bitcoin developers have taken a crack at it: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-003...

comment by plankers · 2022-02-08 · in Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds

They doesn’t exist in the time of satoshi so it’s a pointless fantasy. They are talking about: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi... and https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawi... A way of…

comment by randomhodler84 · 2022-01-30 · in Ask HN: What if someone discovers Satoshi's secret Bitcoin seed?

…password, synced to each device through an enrollment process, or stored on a hardware token. [0] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawi...

comment by nybble41 · 2022-01-19 · in Opensubtitles.org breached – Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames

…that many decentralized parties need to agree. For Taproot in particular, it uses BIP 8 (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0008.mediawi... and https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0343.mediawi... and more…

comment by Jach · 2021-11-15 · in Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated

…Protocol changes needed for trustless drivechains/sidechains seems to be gaining traction, https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0300.mediawi... . The Rootstock sidechain will potentially bring the ethereum virtual machine to…

comment by anonporridge · 2021-10-13 · in Facebook's Novi wallet hits trouble as two top engineers depart

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-003...

comment by gruez · 2021-09-17 · in Billions of Code Name Permutations in 32 bits

…captured video to submit to a mechanical turk-like job listing. [1]: https://www.bitclouds.sh/ [2]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0119.mediawi...

comment by roasbeef · 2021-09-08 · in LSAT: Lightning Service Authentication Token

…block 709632 (in November roughly) that will change and v1 will have a meaning defined by BIP-341 ( https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0341.mediawi... ).

comment by nullc · 2021-07-23 · in On anyone-can-spend Pay-to-Taproot outputs before activation

No, presumably I mean 95% of the hashrate which is the only thing that is measurable on-chain. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawi... https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0091.mediawi...

comment by wmf · 2021-07-17 · in Ethereum London Mainnet Announcement

…is involved, obviously, but those rules exist because the miners all agree on it, see: BIP2: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0002.mediawi... I.e. These rules CHANGE, and since they change(and have changed in the past) if…

comment by zie · 2021-05-26 · in Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and verified timetravel

Bitcoin incorporated Compact Blocks which similar improves average case behavior. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0152.mediawi... Things like thinblocks or compact blocks only help on average. Bitcoin must be robust for…

comment by jlrubin · 2021-05-13 · in An analysis of Bitcoin's throughput bottlenecks

…recently read on both BTC and ETH: Bitcoin Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page Bitcoin BIPs: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips Etherium Website: https://ethereum.org/ (it has a lot of information spread all over it) ETH2 Beacon Chain…

comment by dmlittle · 2021-05-07 · in Ask HN: What are the resources for curated insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum etc.?

Crypto wallets may use BIP39 protocol, it might be close to a 'standard'? https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi... Edit: 2048 English wordlist is here https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/english...

comment by snypher · 2021-05-02 · in What3Words – The Algorithm

…( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padding_(cryptography) ) See for BIP-39, wordlists under a folder https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi...

comment by shoghicp · 2021-04-19 · in Representing SHA-256 Hashes as Avatars

…However, the value should be apparent in an overall decrease of the network's CAPEX+OPEX. [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/README.mediawiki

comment by wyldfire · 2021-03-29 · in Proof-of-work should be banned

…because you can generate them with a reversible algorithm. Basically use a word list method https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi... but have the list be entirely people's names (or generated from a corpus of known…

comment by ultimape · 2021-03-01 · in Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning

…Length extension attack: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_extension_attack Fast Merkel trees: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0098.mediawi...

comment by jaytaylor · 2021-02-23 · in What is the difference between a second preimage attack and a collision attack?

…in fact extended over the years by various BIPs [1]. What's your source for these statements? [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips

comment by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 · 2021-01-15 · in Smart contracts on Bitcoin

…be solved using smart contracts in bitcoin, it is built into the underlying bitcoin opcodes -- CSV https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawi... This is the underlying mechanism for Unilateral Channel Close in the…

comment by rfd4sgmk8u · 2021-01-13 · in The password guess worth $240m in Bitcoin

…exploits the fact that normally all, or almost all the included transactions are already known. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0152.mediawi... But because Bitcoin developers are not dishonest scammers they didn't run…

comment by nullc · 2021-01-08 · in Tether price manipulation

…pineapple house crow ..."? maybe BIP39? (afaik it's used for paper keys in bitcoin-adjacent things) https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi...

comment by uryga · 2020-12-17 · in Sequoia PGP 1.0 Released: The Seedling Is a Sapling

https://www.monperrus.net/martin/perfect-ocr-digital-data https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawi...

comment by based2 · 2020-12-03 · in The Base58 Encoding Scheme

…be a fatal vulnerability. Some might find the motivation section of Bitcoin's BIP340 informative: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0340.mediawi... Or this earlier publication: https://slowli.github.io/ed25519-quirks/ (which…

comment by nullc · 2020-10-06 · in It’s 255:19AM. Do you know what your validation criteria are?