Namecoin: distributed domain registration system based on Bitcoin

Re:Namecoin: distributed domain registration system based on... by rfugger on Thursday May 26, 2011 @02:37AM (#2586847)

Brilliant. This is an equally useful application of the block chain concept as the Bitcoin currency, and should be much less controversial.

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Re:Namecoin: distributed domain registration system based on... by polarized on Thursday May 26, 2011 @03:58AM (#2586996)

Maybe but things like domain squatting and the inability to shut down domains pointing to illegal or controversial sites is likely to be quite controversial.

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Re:Namecoin: distributed domain registration system based on... by DennisP on Thursday May 26, 2011 @07:27AM (#2587330)

I think the inability to shut down domains is the main point. (And quite a good one, in my opinion.)

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Re:Namecoin: distributed domain registration system based on... by hollerith on Thursday May 26, 2011 @05:08AM (#2587100)

Good point. If I'd designed this, I would have considered restricting the name space to strings of digits to avoid the opprobrium when some domain-name speculator holds redcross.bit or teachforamerica.bit hostage.

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