# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-05-31 16:16:59
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=129.msg1315#msg1315

To get back to the original question, paying to a bitcoin addresses displayed on an https: webpage secured with a valid certificate is better. @p{par}

When the bitcoin client supports secure connections to IP addresses, then paying to an IP address displayed on an https: webpage secured with a valid certificate will be just as good (security-wise, anyway). @p{par}

Bitcoin doesn't try to solve the "am I paying who I THINK I'm paying problem" @p{--} we need HTTPS and signed certificates and DNSSEC for that (or something similar).  Bitcoins are a small but really important piece of the payment puzzle... @p{brk}