Topic: [announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin - page 33. (Read 596107 times)

I had followed Namecoin a bit in 2013 and 2014, and also had bought some - I even registered some domains. Then it seemed that other coins had implemented similar "naming" features (for example, NXT and Emercoin) and my interest dwindled a bit.

However, the naming/DNS solutions of other coins seem to be used even less than Namecoin's. And a big advantage is that it's officially supported by ZeroNet (one of the few really working "decentralized internet" projects) and OpenNIC. So I think that in "anarchist"/crypto-libertarian circles Namecoin is still used and valued.

I have, honestly, no idea where Namecoin is heading, but it could be an opportunity, as - as trantute2 already wrote - it's one of the coins that provide something unique, and it was the first of its kind. (If I remember right, it was even the first altcoin!)

I bought around 3500NMC last year when it was sub $1. I sold them on the bull market as I needed money. Now I'm re-buying (1500nmc at the moment) and looking to reach 5000-6000NMC.

I think the probability of namecoin going into a bull market is weak. Especially if you consider the state of despair on the crypto market. However, the upside is laughable.

nmc could go to 100$+ prices easily if some whales mass market it. most people are unaware that nmc will lose lots of its supply once people starts to register domains as they burn the registration fee (0.01nmc currently). That with the people who already lost their coins due to inattention and negligence.

If you think that Namecoin is a valuable project, then use some of the money you don't need and buy some Namecoin. I think, the price is so low, because bitcoin miners get Namecoins for free via merged mining. They sell it immediately since they bought mining hardware for Bitcoin and not for Namecoin. However, since Namecoins cost virtually nothing in the moment, it should be quite easy to dry-out the markets by buying relatively big amounts of Namecoins. Provided, there is more than one person buying Namecoins.

There are only 21m Namecoins and it is easy to buy 1000 Namecoins. With 1000 Bitcoins, a person is already considered to be very rich. Hence, 1000 persons buying 1000 Namecoins reduces the available supply by at least 1/21.

Additionally, the next Namecoin reward halving is around the 14th of October 2018. Thus, the supply will be reduced further this year.

Taken together, buying Namecoins plus the reward halving might show a visible effect on the price this year.

Much appreciated

yes, definitely.
one of the oldest coin, interesting project,but permanently sleeping; low number of pages on this site, low collective interest.

The solution:

Click on your username on the right top of forum.namecoin.org, below the search field as follows:

Username -> User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> Self confirmed users -> Submit

I registered at many fora, and no registration was so unintuitive. I can only recommend, that the admins of forum.namecoin.org change this as quickly as possible.

There you go:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin

Hello, i will like to know the maximum supply for Namecoin. CMC only shows circulating supply

Can anyone, who owns a working account at

https://forum.namecoin.org/

post a message there or contact an admin directly, that the namecoin-forum is totally useless for new members?

I created several accounts at forum.namecoin.org in the last few days and it is NOT possible to reply to messages, it is NOT possible to create new threads and it is NOT possible to send PMs!

Moreover, there exists a list of the forum members (Quick links -> Members), which can be ordered with respect to the date a person joined the forum. It seems that everyone, who joined after 2017-11-30, is not able to post messages.

With such a non-working/dysfunctional/broken namecoin-forum, it is not surprising, that the namecoin community seems dead.

Hi,

I was wondering, when the next Namecoin halving happens. I found no corresponding clock, so I wrote a simple bash script for computing the date (see below). Is the middle or end of October correct?

Moreover, I was also wondering, why Namecoin shows such a low price (especially compared to newer coins)? In the bubble of 2017, Litecoin for instance, reached new ATHs. Reasons why I think that Namecoin is undervalued:

• Namecoin is even a little bit older than Litecoin;
• Namecoin has only a supply of 21m coins;
• Namecoin is as secure as Bitcoin;
• The next halving is in around six month;
• With a little bit of time and money, it seems not hard to purchase over 10k NMC;
  
• And last but not least, in contrast to many newer and higher priced coins, Namecoin HAS an instrinsic value as decentral domain name system.

So why is Namecoin forgotten by the community? What is your opinion?

My opinion: Imho should 1 NMC cost at least as much as 1 LTC. Thus, Namecoin can increase in value by the factor of 50. But even a factor of 10 would be fair.

The following script works also for other coins:


Save the script as halving.sh. The bc binary should be installed on your system, which is included in the most Linux-systems by default. Change the permissions of the script:


Compute the date:

Namecoin has many useful functions, therefore it is impossible to consider it simply as an ordinary coin. It is an innovation that will show itself to the world. I read information about the Safinus project as an investment platform. I also see a lot of revolutionary innovations there

As the first batch of application of block chain technology to non currency field, Namecoin has high research value and can be applied to various fields.

I would like to believe that all projects have a chance to rush to the moon.

discord NameCoin:
https://discord.gg/phDATuS

We need relaunch this coin, I hope someone able to  take the project to the moon.

Vote for adding NameCoin to the new decentralized exchange!
https://feedback.altcoinexchange.com/suggestions/3499/add-namecoin-this-is-the-second-crypto-currency-in-the-world-after-bitcoin-and-t
And do not forget to leave any comment!

A true gentleman.Thank you kind sir.

Is there an official pruned version of the blockchain or bootstrap available?

34C3 Summary
Jan 3, 2018 • Jeremy Rand

As was previously announced, Jonas Ostman and I (Jeremy Rand) represented Namecoin at 34C3 in Leipzig, Germany. This was our first Congress, so we didn’t quite know what to expect, but we were pretty confident that it would be awesome. We were not disappointed. The CCC community is well-known for being friendly and welcoming to newcomers, and we greatly enjoyed talking to everyone there.

Namecoin gave 3 talks, all of which were hosted by the Monero Assembly and the Chaos West Stage. I expect 2 of those talks to have videos posted sometime later this month. Unfortunately, 1 of the talks suffered an audio issue in the recording, so it won’t have a video posted (but I will post the slides of that talk, as well as the other talks’ slides). The talks’ titles are:

Namecoin as a Decentralized Alternative to Certificate Authorities for TLS
Namecoin for Tor Onion Service Naming (And Other Darknets) (No video will be posted due to audio recording technical issues)
A Blueprint for Making Namecoin Anonymous
As usual for conferences that we attend, we engaged in a large number of conversations with other attendees. Also as usual, I won’t be publicly disclosing the content of those conversations, because I want people to be able to talk to me at conferences without worrying that off-the-cuff comments will be broadcast to the public. That said, I can say that a lot of very promising discussions happened regarding future collaboration with allied projects, and we’ll make any relevant announcements when/if such collaborations are formalized.

Huge thank you to the following groups who facilitated our participation:

The Monero Assembly
The Chaos West Assembly
Technoethical
We definitely intend to return for 35C3 in December 2018. Until then, Tuwat!

Nice job,Barterdex is up and coming exchange that will add great value to all cryptocoin communities who use it.