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shorena
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Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 04:42:33 PM
#7
Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on October 04, 2015, 04:22:40 PM
Quote from: unhappyuser on October 04, 2015, 09:55:39 AM
But I do not want use any letters. This thing is weird. Are this improves something?

I don't get your problem with using any letters? Why is that an issue?

I think they just wanted to have a name like '1337'[1], but even though it was free the rules for usernames somehow do not allow that. I dont know why exactly, but I know - as I posted above - there had been some issues with account names recently and that might have resulted in overly strict rules. It might also be totally unrelated and the rule is in place longer.


[1] that user actually exists -> https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/1337-10704
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Re: Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 04:22:40 PM
#6
Quote from: unhappyuser on October 04, 2015, 09:55:39 AM
But I do not want use any letters. This thing is weird. Are this improves something?

I don't get your problem with using any letters? Why is that an issue?
unhappyuser
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Re: Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 11:18:33 AM
#5
This one clears up for me, a bit. Thank you. Very interesting, what a potential attacker can do if this restriction was not exists?
shorena
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Re: Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 10:45:38 AM
#4
Quote from: unhappyuser on October 04, 2015, 09:55:39 AM
But I do not want use any letters. This thing is weird. Are this improves something?

Previously it was possible to have a username without any visible symbol or was visually identical to another username, which - as you probably can imagine - lead to issues. I suspect that the new rules are a bit stricter.
unhappyuser
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Re: Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 09:55:39 AM
#3
But I do not want use any letters. This thing is weird. Are this improves something?
unamis76
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Re: Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 09:19:25 AM
#2
It's like it says. You've got to have at least a letter.
unhappyuser
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Re: Registration using username which contains digits only
October 04, 2015, 05:43:40 AM
#1
A registration page said me this: "Invalid character used in Username". Are this is impossible?
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