BIP-XYZ: Emoji Seed Mnemonics for Deterministic Keys

[ovrdos]

Emoji Seed Word List Pull Request

Purpose

The purpose of this PR is to define and discuss the proper standardized definitions an official emoji seedlist.

Research

All research and discussions on the finalized standard are included in the README on https://emojiseed.com.

Community

The EmojiSeed community is just starting if you would like to join as a contributor or a watcher feel free to speak out.

Learn more about the specification and community at:

• https://emojiseed.com/
• https://emojiseed.com/discussions

[katesalazar]

I understand this is not the thread to ask this question, but why use the character twice for the direct match rule?

[murchandamus]

The BIP39 authors have stated that they will focus only on the English wordlist. As no additional word lists are accepted, your proposal will not be merged to BIP39.

Please consider submitting a separate BIP instead.

[ovrdos]

I understand this is not the thread to ask this question, but why use the character twice for the direct match rule?

Excellent question, after some negotiations it was decided to keep the two identical emojis for a few reasons:

1. It makes testing easier when asserting that all items are equal length.
2. It makes it easier to decipher when twin emojis mean the actual seed word. sun, fish, cat, dog etc.
3. It makes the visualization uniform when all entries are the same size. Imagine a hard wallet card with emojis in rows.
4. It helps differentiate closely related emoji sets, for example: sun, summer and sunny are very similar.
   sun > ☀️☀️
   summer > ☀️🏖️
   sunny > ☀️😎

@katesalazar
There is more about the algorithms on the README page. It's a work in progress so your name would look great on the credits list :) https://emojiseed.com#readme

[ovrdos]

The BIP39 authors have stated that they will focus only on the English wordlist. As no additional word lists are accepted, your proposal will not be merged to BIP39.

Please consider submitting a separate BIP instead.

@murchandamus Thanks for the insight! I have made a new BIP for the emojiset offering.

BIP TBD: Emoji Seed Mnemonics for Deterministic Keys
⛳ https://github.com/emojiseed/bip-emojiseed/blob/main/docs/bip-emojiseed.rst?plain=1

https://emojiseed.com#readme

🚀

[katesalazar]

I understand this is not the thread to ask this question, but why use the character twice for the direct match rule?

Excellent question, after some negotiations it was decided to keep the two identical emojis for a few reasons:

1. It makes testing easier when asserting that all items are equal length.

2. It makes it easier to decipher when twin emojis mean the actual seed word.  sun, fish, cat, dog etc.

3. It makes the visualization uniform when all entries are the same size.  Imagine a hard wallet card with emojis in rows.

4. It helps differentiate closely related emoji sets, for example: sun, summer and sunny are very similar.
   sun > ☀️☀️
   summer > ☀️🏖️
   sunny > ☀️😎

@katesalazar There is more about the algorithms on the README page. It's a work in progress so your name would look great on the credits list :) https://emojiseed.com#readme

I'm not sure that you are familiar with the Chinese language. Not to tell a long post too early, I'd tell... If you are the main (or maybe only) drive of EmojiSeed (just guessing) and also can't say any single phrase in Mandarin (just guessing!), then I would very strongly advice you take a Chinese language crash course, which could possibly reframe your mind around EmojiSeed.

[ovrdos]

I understand this is not the thread to ask this question, but why use the character twice for the direct match rule?

Excellent question, after some negotiations it was decided to keep the two identical emojis for a few reasons:

1. It makes testing easier when asserting that all items are equal length.

2. It makes it easier to decipher when twin emojis mean the actual seed word.  sun, fish, cat, dog etc.

3. It makes the visualization uniform when all entries are the same size.  Imagine a hard wallet card with emojis in rows.

4. It helps differentiate closely related emoji sets, for example: sun, summer and sunny are very similar.

   sun > ☀️☀️

   summer > ☀️🏖️

   sunny > ☀️😎

@katesalazar There is more about the algorithms on the README page. It's a work in progress so your name would look great on the credits list :) https://emojiseed.com#readme

I'm not sure that you are familiar with the Chinese language. Not to tell a long post too early, I'd tell... If you are the main (or maybe only) drive of EmojiSeed (just guessing) and also can't say any single phrase in Mandarin (just guessing!), then I would very strongly advice you take a Chinese language crash course, which could possibly reframe your mind around EmojiSeed.

@katesalazar Thanks for your suggestions. Mandarin and other symbolic languages like Egyptian hieroglyphics were considered when crafting the algorithms that make up the emoji definitions.

[ovrdos]

@murchandamus I have refactored as a new BIP and cleared any reference to extending BIP-39. If everthing is in order please feel free to add a [NEW BIP] label to this PR.