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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by DennisP on Sunday December 22, 2013 @07:30AM (#6950132)
Doesn't much help when people squat pepsi.com. It's already got a unique website, which just doesn't happen to belong to the squatter.
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Re:Transitioning the web to Namecoin by addressing name-squa... by jval on Sunday December 22, 2013 @07:50PM (#6952484)
That's right, but I don't think opportunistic squatters are that big a deal. The problem is people who own portfolios of names that don't get used, and there's no way these players can put unique pages up for an entire portfolio. Killing portfolio squatters is possible... not sure there's any feasible way to hit the long tail though.
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