I'm new to bitcoins & this forum. i'd illustrate why a name-to-address mapping may make sense, i'd like to give three scenario's
scenario 1
johndoe: "send the bitcoin to 1QAfxjCwKozH6kVmTY6DdJzvtUc2X2YKvg"
scenario 2
are there any services that do this ?
a more secure & de-centralized method that takes in an openid site instead could be
scenario 3
johndie: "send the bitcoin to johndoe.myopenid.com"
either way, i fail to see why we need long wallet addresses.
infact i'm considering a simple app that maps nickname to wallet address with a REST api to return the result in plaintext/json/xml
thoughts & comments welcome
~B