---

title: SSB Log Entry 597
date: 2020-05-11T07:58:59-05:00
tags:

---

# Pigeon Protocol Daily Update

Pretty sure I **naively screwed up the lipmaa link implementation and need to re-write**. Going back and fixing the mess I made in [a branch](https://tildegit.org/PigeonProtocolConsortium/pigeon_ruby/src/branch/lipmaa_fix). Currently there are 10 failing tests.

Based on the discussion surrounding SSB URLs, I am going to **diverge from SSB's sigil usage scheme**:

  * Change the `@` sigil to `feed.`
  * Change the `%` sigil to `mesg.`
  * Change the `&` sigil to `blob.`

The new sigils will all be four letter abbreviations followed by a period char.

The reasons are:

 * Does not use unsafe or reserved URL characters.
 * Easier for new devs to remember (although I can "sight read" SSB multihashes, I do remember it took a while to remember).

Here's an example:

```
OLD WAY:
@PSAZVT7913W2Q7GJEY1EJ789A2QJ22WD9VMFSJ2BS2DPDZ37RMVG.ed25519

NEW WAY:
feed.PSAZVT7913W2Q7GJEY1EJ789A2QJ22WD9VMFSJ2BS2DPDZ37RMVG.ed25519
```
#pigeon-protocol