Quote from: CIYAM Open on November 27, 2013, 04:59:35 AM

Quote from: loquitus_of_borg on November 27, 2013, 04:52:22 AM

I can look at the incoming transaction and figure out its inputs, can't I?

How is that going to help when the customer themselves have no idea what addresses their own UTXO's came from?

(i.e. your customer would then have exactly the same problem as you are stating as they can't control their "from" address either)

Quote from: loquitus_of_borg on November 27, 2013, 04:52:22 AM

On my original question then -- there is no effective way then to advertise a service and tell people to pay to that service.

You just advertise without a payment address (do most people advertise a bank account # currently?). Payment is normally at least a "click here to purchase" link.

Quote from: loquitus_of_borg on November 27, 2013, 04:52:22 AM

And what about something like SatoshiDice? They have published vanity addresses. Lots of companies are doing vanity addresses to receive payments. Are these all at odds then with "best practices"?

Don't look at SD for an example of "best practice" (and especially the blockchain spamming "signal" payments). Also understand SD doesn't *have* a product or a service that is is selling - it's just a gambling website (or is that what you are setting up also?).

Quote from: loquitus_of_borg on November 27, 2013, 04:52:22 AM

Just wondering what the best way to go here is. I am trying to establish a service where the pay-to address is not constantly changing.

I am not sure what is the problem with creating a new pay-to address for each tx - surely you can store them in a DB to know what each is for?

That's assuming a point and click (or touch interface). What if I want to have people store my service in a directory or just copy and paste or possibly (not likely) memorize the address? Having that extra level of indirection where you need to click someplace to then get directed to the right "payment address" is possible but a hindrance. Imagine for example those 1900 numbers... you call the number and they get paid 1.99 a minute. They can advertise that. Nice and simple. Not that I am suggesting that's what I am doing here.

Not suggesting that everything or even most of what SD does is right. I am not saying that's what I am setting up either, but having a fixed payment address in this case is of value.