Re:Decentralized DNS with the Handshake Naming System
by StavrosK on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @11:51AM
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Isn't this middlebrow dismissal? Like, I get that you don't want to have to "mine a token" if "mining a token" means "waiting half an hour", but if it means "waiting 100ms or paying $0.00001", I'd take that tradeoff to own my DNS.
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Re:Decentralized DNS with the Handshake Naming System
by mugsie on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:01PM
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I wouldn't - it means that I am reliant on a blockchain transaction clearing, and as the chain gets bigger, that time has potential to increase. etherium was really quick and cheap when it launched, and it is not now ...
Re:Decentralized DNS with the Handshake Naming System
by LyndsySimon on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @01:43PM
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> as the chain gets bigger, that time has potential to increase
I don't see how this follows at all.
The slowing transaction incorporation times for major cryptocurrencies is related to transaction volume, not to the total size of the chain to date. Presumably a system restricted to updated HNS entries would not encounter anywhere near the same transaction volume.