on the radio, i can understand, there needs to be a simple solution.. but when it comes to twitter..
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Topic: Rules for singing your bitcoin address as a tweet (Read 1234 times)
There is this nice invention called QR-code.
Voice-only stuff is going to be niche in the future anyway (or is already).
Voice-only stuff is going to be niche in the future anyway (or is already).
BenTheRighteous: I think you just need to read it more times 
No, your idea is just impractical.
BenTheRighteous: I think you just need to read it more times
Wow, humans do not have tape recorders implanted in their ears. I must have read that aloud 5 times and I still can't remember it all. Sufism 4 epic ghandi... 1 2 kids was in there somewhere... 5 million.
And that's ignoring the fact that the original rules make no sense. Make words uppercase? Lowercase? There are no words in bitcoin addresses unless it's a vanity address. How did everything wind up uppercase? Oi.
And that's ignoring the fact that the original rules make no sense. Make words uppercase? Lowercase? There are no words in bitcoin addresses unless it's a vanity address. How did everything wind up uppercase? Oi.
It is a compact and universal way of saying your bitcoin address with a tweet.
Just like saying a telephone number, a common place for everyone.
They are easy to say and memorize. By contrast, to say a raw bitcoin address orally, is difficult and will not stick.
TV/Radio advertisements, for instance could use this protocol rules to tell a bitcoin address in a quick and efficient way, that could be really difficult to forget.
Just like saying a telephone number, a common place for everyone.
They are easy to say and memorize. By contrast, to say a raw bitcoin address orally, is difficult and will not stick.
TV/Radio advertisements, for instance could use this protocol rules to tell a bitcoin address in a quick and efficient way, that could be really difficult to forget.
what is the reason behind doing this?
Rule #1
All digits are written and said as digits, being for that matter one character long each.
Rule #2
If the word is a noun, like Paris, Peter, cat, dog or milk, take the first letter of it and make it lowercase.
Rule #3
If the word is a verb or any other word category but NOT a noun, like love, this, that, the, nice or stop, take the first letter of it and make it uppercase.
Rule #4
If the first word is a vanity address it must end in ISM, IST or ING.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ism
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ing
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ist
Example:
SUFISMe4rty5u2jp9g2h4jan3BV5m12kFr
SUFISM EPIC 4 RAIN TOY YOGA 5 UNITS 2 JOHN POPES 9 GANDHIS 2 HOURS 4 JANUARY ANNUAL NATIONAL 3 BAKE VERY 5 MILLIONS 1 2 KIDS FANCY RATS
(137 chars)
All digits are written and said as digits, being for that matter one character long each.
Rule #2
If the word is a noun, like Paris, Peter, cat, dog or milk, take the first letter of it and make it lowercase.
Rule #3
If the word is a verb or any other word category but NOT a noun, like love, this, that, the, nice or stop, take the first letter of it and make it uppercase.
Rule #4
If the first word is a vanity address it must end in ISM, IST or ING.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ism
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ing
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ist
Example:
SUFISMe4rty5u2jp9g2h4jan3BV5m12kFr
SUFISM EPIC 4 RAIN TOY YOGA 5 UNITS 2 JOHN POPES 9 GANDHIS 2 HOURS 4 JANUARY ANNUAL NATIONAL 3 BAKE VERY 5 MILLIONS 1 2 KIDS FANCY RATS
(137 chars)
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