Questions tagged [icap]

inter exchange client address protocol (icap) is an iban-compatible system for referencing and transacting to ethereum client accounts

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How can an account with a direct ICAP address be created?

In order for an Ethereum account to be able to have an IBAN-compatible "direct" ICAP address, its raw address must have zeroes in the most-significant 6 bits. In other words it must fit in 154 bits. The only way I know in which to do that is by…
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What would it take to make ICAP addresses available to banks transfers that use IBAN?

How could we implement a way that ICAP addresses can be used in the IBAN field when making a normal bank transfer? What risks would it bring?