[Update] Bitcoin-Contact - Your Bitcoin Identity + Send messages to bitcoin user

khal

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Update :
- namecoin addresses can now be added and verified like bitcoin addresses
- you can add them to your identity

My bitcoin ID :
https://bitcoin-contact.org/identity/khal

khal

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Fixed :
- adding verified OTC members with their gpg key

TODO :
- add namecoin addresses
- allow people to sign their identity (with gpg and/or the sign and verify patch for bitcoin/namecoin)

khal

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I've added a function to reset lost password. Seems usefull for some persons :p

ribuck

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Quote from: reubgr on May 02, 2011, 05:22:15 PM

Can someone explain why we should trust a message like the following, which purports to be Jimmy Wales giving a bitcoin donation address (which seems highly suspect to me).

There's no reason to consider trusting it. If it's a fake address, don't donate. If it's a genuine address, don't donate - because the address is sure to appear on the genuine website soon enough, and you can donate then.

khal

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Quote from: reubgr on May 02, 2011, 05:33:53 PM

I find the "my account page" very confusing. The difference between the three tables where the first column is "Public" is unclear.

Also, the directions for validating a bitcoin address could be better presented -- maybe in numbered Steps that are easily visually distinguishable? Furthermore, no need to show all of the steps at once; why not just show the relevant step at the relevant point in time?

This is a joke, i guess. You can post message without being registered.
That's why you can add your identity with verified infos too.

I've done a major update of the code, and, of course, those bugs don't appears with my accounts (it would be too easy :p).

I find the account page a bit confusing too, do you have an idea of how to do better ?

Quote from: reubgr on May 02, 2011, 05:33:53 PM

Finally, the right version of bitcoin isn't available for OS X yet, so I can't follow through on registering an address yet. Not your fault, obviously, but something to consider.

Indeed. If i remeber correctly, this is planned (or for the next version ?)

Thanks for your reports. I'll do another full test to find any other bug.

ps : there is still full error and notice activated. That's also why you see also warnings (i'll desactivate them).

reubgr

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I find the "my account page" very confusing. The difference between the three tables where the first column is "Public" is unclear.

Also, the directions for validating a bitcoin address could be better presented -- maybe in numbered Steps that are easily visually distinguishable? Furthermore, no need to show all of the steps at once; why not just show the relevant step at the relevant point in time?

Finally, the right version of bitcoin isn't available for OS X yet, so I can't follow through on registering an address yet. Not your fault, obviously, but something to consider.

reubgr

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Just registered and hit yet another bug. Hitting so many bugs is somewhat disappointing. What kind of testing do you do?

Quote

My Public Bitcoin identity
Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /var/alternc/html/b/bitcoin/web/bitcoin-contact.org/lib/db/schema.php on line 429

Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /var/alternc/html/b/bitcoin/web/bitcoin-contact.org/lib/db/schema.php on line 429
No public address yet.

reubgr

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Interesting.

Can someone explain why we should trust a message like the following, which purports to be Jimmy Wales giving a bitcoin donation address (which seems highly suspect to me).

http://bitcoin-contact.org/?msg=23

khal

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Quote from: reubgr on May 02, 2011, 11:35:38 AM

I am getting an error message when I click on a message:

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View message :

Fatal error: Class 'message' not found in /var/alternc/html/b/bitcoin/web/bitcoin-contact.org/template/pageViewMessage.php on line 9

Thanks for reporting the bug. The problem is fixed :p

khal

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Quote from: ChaosFox on May 02, 2011, 10:47:01 AM

Hmm, nice thingy to keep my pseudonymous identities in a single place Cheesy

Oh yeah, one question :S I have successfully verified an e-mail address and an OTC identity, but when trying to do so with a Bitcoin address, even after checking the transaction to myself has several confirmations, I'm met with this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/alternc/html/b/bitcoin/web/bitcoin-contact.org/index.php on line 179

Am I doing something wrong?

Hum, sorry, bitcoin daemon was down. I've restarted it, you should not see the error anymore. But, i guess you have not used the 0.3.21 version of bitcoin which allow full precision in transaction amounts ?

reubgr

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I am getting an error message when I click on a message:

Quote

View message :

Fatal error: Class 'message' not found in /var/alternc/html/b/bitcoin/web/bitcoin-contact.org/template/pageViewMessage.php on line 9

ChaosFox

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Certified fox posing as a cat posing as a human

Hmm, nice thingy to keep my pseudonymous identities in a single place Cheesy

Oh yeah, one question :S I have successfully verified an e-mail address and an OTC identity, but when trying to do so with a Bitcoin address, even after checking the transaction to myself has several confirmations, I'm met with this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/alternc/html/b/bitcoin/web/bitcoin-contact.org/index.php on line 179

Am I doing something wrong?

khal

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* OTC users can now be registered on their public bitcoin ID :
http://bitcoin-contact.org/identity/khal
=> khal is associated with an otc account, and khalahan is not

To register an OTC user, you must sign it with your GPG key.

* API has been updated too :
http://bitcoin-contact.org/q/getidentity/khal

khal

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You can now access it in https with a CaCert certificate :
https://bitcoin-contact.org/

khal

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Hum, I forgot to unlock the possibility to register an account...
Registrations are now opened :p

khal

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API added

Return bitcoin address associated with an email or a pseudo :
/q/getaddress/

Ex: http://bitcoin-contact.org/q/getaddress/[email protected]

Code:

{
    "error" : "",
    "address" : "1L5zqFahc8Ahu9wtgJqCeJMendvD174xsG"
}

Return all public informations from identity associated with this address (bitcoin, email, pseudo, url, label)
/q/getidentity/

Code:

{
    "error" : "",
    "label" : "Bitcoin Contact",
    "url" : "http:\/\/bitcoin-contact.org",
    "email" : 
        [
            "[email protected]"
        ],
    "address" : 
        [
            "1NMxHnpAE38P9HN9pzRSqAFMCv1WcXZC1N"
        ]
}

Several formats of output

Here's link to API documentation page.

khal

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Major update of Bitcoin Contact !

Registration is enabled

registration is now possible
you can register pseudo, email & bitcoin address
- email addresses are verified by an activation link
- bitcoin address ownership is verified by sending a transaction to yourself (to make short)
private messages are fully activated
you can read privates messages sent to your registered addresses (public or not)[/b]
all registered addresses are private by default

A new concept of Public Bitcoin Identity
A verified identity allow you to associate a bitcoin address with another public address, to let people know who you are and to avoid people claim they get bitcoins/donations for you.

Allows you to have a public bitcoin identity with a bitcoin address (or more) associated with email(s) or/and pseudo(s)
You can add a website and a label for your identity
You can make an official account for you and/or your website
here are two examples :
- Bitcoin Contact Owner
- Khalahan

So, several addresses will point to the same identity :
http://bitcoin-contact.org/identity/[email protected]
http://bitcoin-contact.org/identity/1NMxHnpAE38P9HN9pzRSqAFMCv1WcXZC1N

Other

New homepage
bonus : complete rewrite of internal structure & code to allow easyer updates

Todo

protect emails against bots
allow mail forwarding for bitcoin addresses
update sign generator
it's too late for anything else to come to my mind :p

A lot of work for this version. Many other usefull features will be added (api, address associations, etc).
I hope the whole thing will have some utility :p

ps : registration of bitcoin addresses is beta. I don't know if it will work each time (follow instructions when adding a bitcoin address). Comments welcome.

LZ

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Oh, thank you.

theymos

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Quote from: LZ on February 28, 2011, 11:20:29 PM

To: 1D7E1CiJW6r4DiicV8KULsWRkrsqaDN6Wf@bitcon-contact.org

You misspelled the domain.

LZ

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A strange thing. If I send e-mail to [email protected] - it sends OK.
But if I try to send it to myself - it does not send. Does I do something wrong? Anyway, it is an interesting idea.

Code:

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

    [email protected]

Technical details of permanent failure:
DNS Error: Domain name not found

----- Original message -----

MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.229.250.9 with SMTP id mm9mr4796202qcb.264.1298952725526; Mon,
 28 Feb 2011 20:12:05 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.229.34.206 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:12:05 -0800 (PST)
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:12:05 +0300
Message-ID: 
Subject: Test
To: [email protected]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

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