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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by mikro2nd on Sunday December 22, 2013 @03:14AM (#6949740)
You seem to have forgotten that there are many legitimate uses for domain names that do not involve using them to run websites. How do you propose to index a domain that gets used only for (say) mail, or only for CDN provisioning, or only for reserving namespace for a public API?
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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by jval on Sunday December 22, 2013 @03:35AM (#6949772)
Ahh yes, good point. Could the agent learn how to recognise each of these use cases and tax accordingly? Or could people learn to put up a unique website for any domain they use, or risk being taxed?
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