The long addresses are really annoying with all the letters and numbers...

[durdleman]

Could there be a way for someone to 'reserve' a name for a little while? So I can go into the bitcoin wallet on my computer and make it so anyone who sends to "Durdleman" for example will actually send to my address?

Edit: Actually, if there's a domain name service, is it possible for the bitcoin.org people to have a bitcoin name service as well?

[R2D221]

This has been discussed before, but I don't know how widespread it actually is:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84653

[Fernandez]

Third party services can easily do this. Like Backslash where you can send to a name.

[OROBTC]

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blockchain.info allows "alias" names for their wallets.  Look for how to do it at "Account Settings" at the wallet home page, look for "alias".  Pick a word that no one else already has.  "gold", for example already has been taken (I checked), but "durdleman" probably has not, so you could use that.

Then each time you go to your wallet, type in "durdleman" in the "Identifier" field.

Easy-peasy! 

[bitkilo]

A lot of wallets will now let you send coins to email addresses and names in your wallet address book once you have it set up.
I never find the long address a problem because whoever i send to i just copy and paste the BTC addy, hard to make a typo mistake when doing it that way.

[Gleb Gamow]

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blockchain.info allows "alias" names for their wallets.  Look for how to do it at "Account Settings" at the wallet home page, look for "alias".  Pick a word that no one else already has.  "gold", for example already has been taken (I checked), but "durdleman" probably has not, so you could use that.

Then each time you go to your wallet, type in "durdleman" in the "Identifier" field.

Easy-peasy! 

This, and the IRS would never know it's you. 

[turvarya]

Who has ever typed a Bitcoin Address?
We don't even type Account Numbers, most of the time.
So, who cares, how they look, how long they are.
Typing them is just another point of failure.

[Elwar]

Who has ever typed a Bitcoin Address?
We don't even type Account Numbers, most of the time.
So, who cares, how they look, how long they are.
Typing them is just another point of failure.

I had to do this once for a localbitcoins transaction. Buyer did not have a QR code for me to scan. I typed it in from reading it, then he read it off, then I read it off.

When it happened again with someone else I realized he could just copy and paste the address to me in a message.

[Gleb Gamow]

Who has ever typed a Bitcoin Address?
We don't even type Account Numbers, most of the time.
So, who cares, how they look, how long they are.
Typing them is just another point of failure.

I had to do this once for a localbitcoins transaction. Buyer did not have a QR code for me to scan. I typed it in from reading it, then he read it off, then I read it off.

When it happened again with someone else I realized he could just copy and paste the address to me in a message.

Or, you could've created a QR-code on the fly: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

[Elwar]

Who has ever typed a Bitcoin Address?
We don't even type Account Numbers, most of the time.
So, who cares, how they look, how long they are.
Typing them is just another point of failure.

I had to do this once for a localbitcoins transaction. Buyer did not have a QR code for me to scan. I typed it in from reading it, then he read it off, then I read it off.

When it happened again with someone else I realized he could just copy and paste the address to me in a message.

Or, you could've created a QR-code on the fly: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

Thanks. I'll have to keep that in mind if that ever comes up again.

[Skinnyman]

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blockchain.info allows "alias" names for their wallets.  Look for how to do it at "Account Settings" at the wallet home page, look for "alias".  Pick a word that no one else already has.  "gold", for example already has been taken (I checked), but "durdleman" probably has not, so you could use that.

Then each time you go to your wallet, type in "durdleman" in the "Identifier" field.

Easy-peasy! 

I don't think that's what he's asking though. He wants to be able to make it easier for people to send him money by just having a handle of sorts. Personally I think it would make bitcoin a bit more user friendly if there was some way to send money to their 'name' or email address or something.

[Brad Pitt]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84653.0

I just saw a thread over in the alt coin section about something similar. Seems someone proposed sending bitcoin via an alias. Edit seems it was necrobumped but it may be of interest to you.

[Netnox]

GetGems app, your wallet is an alias to your username, you just type 0.1 btc and click send. Although this is exchanging with your contacts.

[botany]

Since we anyway copy and paste addresses, it really doesn't matter.
Moreover, you can save frequently used addresses with a tag in your bitcoin client.

[pereira4]

You can use vanity addresses as well, but some say it can compromise security somehow.

[fiN.]

GetGems app, your wallet is an alias to your username, you just type 0.1 btc and click send. Although this is exchanging with your contacts.

https://i.imgur.com/nmLs5bL.png

Is this the messaging app everyone has been talking about? You can send actual bitcoins with this? I thought it just used its own gems currency?

[HarmonLi]

It totally comes down to whether people want to use a centralized name service for their Bitcoin addresses and transactions. Even if some casual user were willing, this could open up the floodgates to a whole new level of scams and thefts.

[neurotypical]

I wonder why you cant edit the names of the addresses you create in bitcoin qt, or why there isnt a section to put them in order nicely like "friends" business" "exchanges" whatever.

[HarmonLi]

I wonder why you cant edit the names of the addresses you create in bitcoin qt, or why there isnt a section to put them in order nicely like "friends" business" "exchanges" whatever.

Well I guess BitcoinQT really is just the basic reference-implementation of Bitcoin. If it comes to usability, features, and things that make people want to use Bitcoin, they're better off with third-party wallets, especially lite-wallets. Having to download the whole freaking Blockchain is the biggest caveat of BitcoinQT!

[Netnox]

Is this the messaging app everyone has been talking about? You can send actual bitcoins with this? I thought it just used its own gems currency?

No bitcoin transactions is possible it has its own wallet, gemz tokens are used for rewarding users for participating within the network through airdrop (to be released soon along with iOS) and payments for different advertisement purposes. Android has been released, i suggest reading the community Q&A.