Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squatters

Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by lawl on Saturday December 21, 2013 @10:21PM (#6949181)

This is a great proposal. DNS is probably internet's biggest weakness and making it decentralized should be a top priority.

I haven't adopted Namecoin yet, but i still will when this is implemented.

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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by kybernetikos on Sunday December 22, 2013 @04:08AM (#6949816)

I don't really see why dns shouldn't just be a personal address book of names -> ips plus pointers to address books of other people you trust.

I don't think it's such a big deal to have names that aren't agreed by everyone across the world.

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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by gibybo on Sunday December 22, 2013 @08:38AM (#6950247)

Because it's really convenient to communicate them to people in contexts where they can't just click a link. Perhaps telling someone a URL in conversation, or on a billboard or magazine.

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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by chrisfarms on Sunday December 22, 2013 @08:42AM (#6950258)

I think you just reinvented the "hosts" file there.

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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by canndrew on Sunday December 22, 2013 @09:20AM (#6950360)

You should look into GNS, GNUNet's DNS alternative.

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