[bitcoin-dev] Suggestion to remove word from BIP39 English wordlist

[Ronald van der Meer]

I’m new to this so what is the next step?

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From: bitcoin-dev-bounces at lists.linuxfoundation.org [mailto:bitcoin-dev-bounces at lists.linuxfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Alan Evans via bitcoin-dev
Sent: donderdag 18 januari 2018 22:29
To: Matthew Clancy <matthewpclancy at gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Suggestion to remove word from BIP39 English wordlist


> and then agree that by convention,  the words 'satoshi' or the alternative word will represent the same number on the list

That convention would be the alternative to BIP0039 I am referring to.


On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Matthew Clancy <matthewpclancy at gmail.com<mailto:matthewpclancy at gmail.com>> wrote:
I would disagree here:

>But most of all:
>7. Removing a word or changing a list *is impossible* as verification of an
>existing mnemonic requires the list. To change one word, you would need to
>provide an alternative to BIP0039 to cope with alternative words, or change
>all the words to a completely new set of 2048 English words so that it is
>clear which wordlist is in use.

All that really would need to be done is select another word that is not on the 2048 list, and then agree that by convention,  the words 'satoshi' or the alternative word will represent the same number on the list. It seems to be to be a fairly simple thing to implement.



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