PinkCoin wallet.PINK Address IntegrationCrypto address replacement for the normal person aka. no more ugly addressesBackground My problem as a whole was that there was no easy way to send for users without a smartphone. Also, explaining someone wanting to give you cash to send to 34 letters was just blocking people from entering the market. You had to type in the address manually every time which prevents almost anyone from using SMS who would mostly not have a camera or Pinkcoin in general if they don't understand QR and sending. For those that watched the podcasts, I also expressed my hate for addresses and only being able to use them if can copy and paste on a PC or have a mobile wallet that scans. If not, enjoy typing in the letters and hope you don't make a mistake. I came to fix that with Pinkcoin. This now supports in the next client sending to addresses that people are used to (usernames, emails, and phone numbers) and make sense to them in a real fashion to connect the technologies.
The SMS gateway was working but the big problem was someone without a camera phone who likes crypto has no use for it without typing in the long address. Also, most people get confused with addresses and have problems sending, keeping track, etc. This shortens any addresses to a personal and easy to remember method
with things people are already familiar with (username, email, phone number) and no longer is a pain to use. Someone sending an sms transaction simply enters the username or email and completes making crypto wallets useful for EVERYONE.
Out to dinner with friends and split the bill? Text: SEND boxxa 150,000 to the gateway and coins are sent from your online wallet to the user of wallet.PINK. No matter what address they want to use, they can update and keep coins going to the wallet.PINK address or the local client.
Pinkcoin wallet.PINK address integration.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzdZDXpJKUE&feature=youtu.beAnyone with an account on wallet.PINK (or any other supported wallet platform) can select to be found from the client query. They set phone, email, or username so when someone wants to send them coin, no longer do they need to enter the full address. The lookups are dynamic and easily updatable through the clean wallet.PINK interface. Security Considerations:1) Accounts on wallet.PINK default to no lookups. You manually need to add this.
2) To allow email searching to be enabled, you must verify email. This prevents someone from sitting on email addresses and potentially taking coins.
3) Phone numbers must be cell phones with SMS. There is a verification code sent they need to reply to so again, no one can potentially sit on a fake number to take coins.
4) Client requests are unauthenticated but limited. One concern is walking through dictionary lookups for valid phone numbers and lookups. A second version of the client will support authenticated API calls so you must link your client to wallet.PINK to use the lookup feature for better account control and monitoring.
Not in video but other features1) wallet.PINK integration into wallet. I want to make it your stop for info so there will be the wallet.PINK tab that allows you to login and manage your settings and information
2) Use external addresses. Signing up for wallet.PINK can allow you to use the pointer at your own external wallet so you can have coins go right to your local client and not the online wallet for better coin security.
3) Full SMS integration. Sending to people via SMS as demoed in an earlier post will use this as well and be linked, no longer needing the enter the full address on a non smart phone. Sending to a number will end up in the users wallet. (US/Canada only to start for the phone)
Road Mapped features
1) Custom user aliases for multiple addresses. A merchant will be able to use mystore.1 mystore.2 and all use transactions to monitor. (Part of wallet.PINK merchant features)
2) Decentralized address lookups: As the Pinkcoin network grows, so can our wallet system. The address can be proxied to other wallet providers to ensure a stable and decentralized wallet platform to other sites that meet the standards of wallet.PINK
3) Same look ups in the wallet.PINK website that allow the same simple sending with same permissions. Future friends list and personal address books as well.
It is late and there is some stuff I am missing but yea, this is it. Down with the addresses!
There is no release date setup for this. Due to the multiple softwares and updates planned for the wallet client, there is more testing but this is in a alpha stage now. There will be drawings for a few pre loaded test wallets on wallet.PINK to get people started in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
