[Bitcoin-development] Stealth Addresses

[Jeremy Spilman]

Might I propose "reusable address".

I think that describes it best to any non-programmer, and even more so  
encourages wallets to present options as 'one time use' vs 'reusable'.

It definitely packs a marketing punch which could help drive adoption. The  
feature is only useful if/when broadly adopted.

I think it meets all the criteria required:

   - Communication between parties is a single message from the payee,  
which may be public
   - Multiple payments to the same address are not publicly linkable on the  
blockchain
   - The payee has explicitly designated they expect to receive more than  
one payment at that address
   - Payer can publicly prove they made a payment to the reusable address  
by revealing a secret

I have high hopes for this feature. The war *against* address reuse may  
soon be a distant memory.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:44:17 -0800, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at bitpay.com> wrote:
> "static address" seems like a reasonable attempt at describing intended  
> use/direction.
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Ben Davenport  
>> <bendavenport at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> But may I suggest we consider changing the name "stealth address" to
>>> something more neutral?
>>
>> ACK.  Regardless of the 'political' overtones, I think stealth is a
>> little cringe-worthy.
>>
>> "Private address" would be fine if not for confusion with private-keys.
>>
>> "Static address" is perhaps the best in my view. (also helps improve
>> awareness that normal addresses are intended to be more one-use-ness)
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