CHIP-0054: XCHandles & CHIP-0055: CATalog

[Yakuhito]

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[Yakuhito]

Hey, all! Wanted to provide some more context along with these CHIPs. I've been working on these dApps since I've come up with a solution to the problem of uniqueness - which translates to the past 1.5 years. The 'alpha' version has been working for over a year, which is why you'll see that most documentation pages were created ~1 year ago. I've spent the remaining time on major redesigns that resulted from private feedback. I'm now happy with the current design, and I'm releasing these CHIPs as drafts to start discussion about them in the broader Chia community.

The latest version is written in Rue (Rue vs. Chialisp; cost/size comparison) and is currently undergoing another security-focused review. chia-wallet-sdk and the CLI are currently using the previous version, but will be updated after the review is finished.

I have put a lot of effort into getting these applications to be as good as possible. If you have any feedback but don't want to post it here, please feel free to DM me to discuss on Twitter, Discord (yakuhito) or Keybase (yakuhito_chia). There are some complex ideas behind these designs - for example, what does it mean for handles to be fairly distributed? I encourage everyone to discuss these on public forums, and tag me if you want my thoughts.

[danieljperry]

CHIP-54 is now a Draft. It proposes a decentralized application for storing unique handles.

[danieljperry]

CHIP-55 is now a Draft. It proposes a database for tracking CATs.

[danieljperry]

Please leave your reviews of CHIPs 54 and 55 here, and feel free to discuss them in the #chips channel of our Discord.

[danieljperry]

We are going to hold a Zoom discussion of these CHIPs on March 13 at

• 7 AM PDT
• 2 PM UTC
• 10 PM China
• 11 PM Japan

Visit the #chips channel of our Discord for more details.