Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchain

Re:Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchain by eric_bullington on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @12:24PM (#8075195)

One of the first uses of blockchain technology for a non-financial application was an alternative domain name registration system called Namecoin, started back in 2010 and still active.

Granted, that was an alternative domain name system, not an ICANN extension like this one. And it used a separate blockchain and coin (Namecoin), not the Bitcoin blockchain, which may be what you were referring to.

Nonetheless, I feel compelled to mention Namecoin in any discussion about the history of blockchain technology and DNS. (incidentally, Namecoin was also the first altcoin)

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Re:Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchain by ryan-c on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @03:08PM (#8076327)

This thing runs on Namecoin, though that is buried in the documentation.

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Re:Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchain by eric_bullington on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @03:37PM (#8076493)

Ah, you're right. I thought they had moved to the Bitcoin blockchain. But that's a whole can of worms, so it's probably best they stay on Namecoin.

Bar the big incident last year (which it did recover from), Namecoin has been pretty stable.

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Re:Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchain by wcummings on Thursday July 24, 2014 @12:21AM (#8078195)

Buried on the front page

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Re:Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchain by ryan-c on Thursday July 24, 2014 @01:06AM (#8078288)

Wasn't mentioned at all when my previous comment was posted.

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