Topic: [announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin - page 55. (Read 597064 times)
May 19, 2015, 05:29:10 PM
I'd be interested in working on some of these.
May 19, 2015, 11:18:46 AM
Summer, what a nice time of the year... sit in the sun, fire up the grill, have a cool drink - but stop, there is no time to laze around you need to safe the world from becoming totalitarian hell.
0.1 BTC - Solve the AUXPoW Puzzle
Help implement proof of work secured API calls. (NMC Dev team excluded)
0.1 BTC - Rebrand Namecore (Namecoin Core client)
Replace "Bitcoin" by "Namecoin" (and similar) where appropriate, replace all logos with the new Namecoin logo
0.5 BTC - SPV client for NMControl
0.5 BTC - NMControl TLS without convergence
0.5 BTC - Namecoin File Signing
See here
0.5 BTC - Full Namecoin Bitmessage Integration
See GSoC 2015 projects
0.5 BTC OpenPGP keyserver
Fetch GPG keys via id/ (ideally as a plugin to NMControl)
0.5 BTC - Finish the Armory Port
See GSoC 2015 projects
More can be found here.
Most of the bounties are not yet well defined so a post/pm with your plans ahead of time might help mutual understanding and clear specifications. Also if you have other ideas you are welcome to suggest something.
updates on the Namecoin forum
0.1 BTC - Solve the AUXPoW Puzzle
Help implement proof of work secured API calls. (NMC Dev team excluded)
0.1 BTC - Rebrand Namecore (Namecoin Core client)
Replace "Bitcoin" by "Namecoin" (and similar) where appropriate, replace all logos with the new Namecoin logo
0.5 BTC - SPV client for NMControl
0.5 BTC - NMControl TLS without convergence
0.5 BTC - Namecoin File Signing
See here
0.5 BTC - Full Namecoin Bitmessage Integration
See GSoC 2015 projects
0.5 BTC OpenPGP keyserver
Fetch GPG keys via id/ (ideally as a plugin to NMControl)
0.5 BTC - Finish the Armory Port
See GSoC 2015 projects
More can be found here.
Most of the bounties are not yet well defined so a post/pm with your plans ahead of time might help mutual understanding and clear specifications. Also if you have other ideas you are welcome to suggest something.
updates on the Namecoin forum
April 29, 2015, 02:05:30 PM
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April 26, 2015, 02:52:21 PM
Thank you.
April 26, 2015, 01:12:13 PM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest.Is there anything else that might invalidate a backup? I suppose creating a new receiving address and receiving coins there is one.
I do not think so - except for encrypting a previously unencrypted wallet. In this case, you even invalidate all new addresses immediately. (Since they keypool is flushed.) But maybe I forgot something here, so please do not depend on that without further checking.
I'm not sure I understand. Don't all wallets start out unencrypted?
Yes. The question is whether you actually use (and backup) it in the unencrypted form first, or whether you encrypt it immediately and only then make a backup and start to use it. You should definitely do the latter.
Is there an easy way to test my backup? Or just delete the install, reinstall, and import the backup?
You can at any given moment rename your wallet.dat (be sure to keep it somewhere!), replace it by your backup, start the daemon and check whether or not all coins and names are there. That's about as much "testing" as you can get easily.
If you take all that trouble, though, I would suggest to simply create a fresh backup instead.
April 26, 2015, 11:43:54 AM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest.Is there anything else that might invalidate a backup? I suppose creating a new receiving address and receiving coins there is one.
I do not think so - except for encrypting a previously unencrypted wallet. In this case, you even invalidate all new addresses immediately. (Since they keypool is flushed.) But maybe I forgot something here, so please do not depend on that without further checking.
I'm not sure I understand. Don't all wallets start out unencrypted?
Yes. The question is whether you actually use (and backup) it in the unencrypted form first, or whether you encrypt it immediately and only then make a backup and start to use it. You should definitely do the latter.
Is there an easy way to test my backup? Or just delete the install, reinstall, and import the backup?
April 26, 2015, 03:13:30 AM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest.Is there anything else that might invalidate a backup? I suppose creating a new receiving address and receiving coins there is one.
I do not think so - except for encrypting a previously unencrypted wallet. In this case, you even invalidate all new addresses immediately. (Since they keypool is flushed.) But maybe I forgot something here, so please do not depend on that without further checking.
I'm not sure I understand. Don't all wallets start out unencrypted?
Yes. The question is whether you actually use (and backup) it in the unencrypted form first, or whether you encrypt it immediately and only then make a backup and start to use it. You should definitely do the latter.
April 25, 2015, 12:05:40 PM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest.Is there anything else that might invalidate a backup? I suppose creating a new receiving address and receiving coins there is one.
I do not think so - except for encrypting a previously unencrypted wallet. In this case, you even invalidate all new addresses immediately. (Since they keypool is flushed.) But maybe I forgot something here, so please do not depend on that without further checking.
I'm not sure I understand. Don't all wallets start out unencrypted?
April 25, 2015, 07:39:44 AM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest.Is there anything else that might invalidate a backup? I suppose creating a new receiving address and receiving coins there is one.
I do not think so - except for encrypting a previously unencrypted wallet. In this case, you even invalidate all new addresses immediately. (Since they keypool is flushed.) But maybe I forgot something here, so please do not depend on that without further checking.
April 24, 2015, 11:38:20 AM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest.Is there anything else that might invalidate a backup? I suppose creating a new receiving address and receiving coins there is one.
April 24, 2015, 01:03:06 AM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
Yes, balances and names. Note that the usual disclaimer from Bitcoin applies - after doing 100 (or how large your keypool is) operations (including coin transactions and name registrations/updates), you need to back up again at the latest. April 23, 2015, 03:19:03 PM
Will "Backup Wallet" in the Namecoin wallet back up the balance of all associated addresses?
April 23, 2015, 05:44:46 AM
Hi!
I have been working on www.getdotbit.com for the last few months, in order to help Namecoin reach popularity.
getdotbit.com is similar to the existing namecoin registrars except for 2 key differences, I am offering completely free domain names for your first, and only 1$ for each subsequent purchase.
Oh, and I'm accepting a ton of altcoin through www.ShapeShift.io, so spread the word to the other cryptocoin forums that they can purchase .bit domain names with their coin of choice.
You are open to transfer your name out at any time, as well as update it's nameserver.
I am very open to feedback regarding the site.
Thank you,
Daniel
I have been working on www.getdotbit.com for the last few months, in order to help Namecoin reach popularity.
getdotbit.com is similar to the existing namecoin registrars except for 2 key differences, I am offering completely free domain names for your first, and only 1$ for each subsequent purchase.
Oh, and I'm accepting a ton of altcoin through www.ShapeShift.io, so spread the word to the other cryptocoin forums that they can purchase .bit domain names with their coin of choice.
You are open to transfer your name out at any time, as well as update it's nameserver.
I am very open to feedback regarding the site.
Thank you,
Daniel
Will be looking into this for future article references...;
Namecoin is still popular though, Netki is using the Namecoin blockchain at its core to provide a Wallet Name Service
April 23, 2015, 12:02:01 AM
Hi!
I have been working on www.getdotbit.com for the last few months, in order to help Namecoin reach popularity.
getdotbit.com is similar to the existing namecoin registrars except for 2 key differences, I am offering completely free domain names for your first, and only 1$ for each subsequent purchase.
Oh, and I'm accepting a ton of altcoin through www.ShapeShift.io, so spread the word to the other cryptocoin forums that they can purchase .bit domain names with their coin of choice.
You are open to transfer your name out at any time, as well as update it's nameserver.
I am very open to feedback regarding the site.
Thank you,
Daniel
I have been working on www.getdotbit.com for the last few months, in order to help Namecoin reach popularity.
getdotbit.com is similar to the existing namecoin registrars except for 2 key differences, I am offering completely free domain names for your first, and only 1$ for each subsequent purchase.
Oh, and I'm accepting a ton of altcoin through www.ShapeShift.io, so spread the word to the other cryptocoin forums that they can purchase .bit domain names with their coin of choice.
You are open to transfer your name out at any time, as well as update it's nameserver.
I am very open to feedback regarding the site.
Thank you,
Daniel
April 22, 2015, 07:09:13 AM
The only difference is that iXCoin is a fully matured version of a Bitcoin so ixCoin has many advantages on many levels which Bitcoin won't be able to match for 100 years.
You mean there are no more block rewards? (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-ixcoin-a-new-bitcoin-fork-36218)
How is mining coming along then? And are there many transactions?
April 21, 2015, 02:29:43 AM
Are you talking about iXcoin? As far as I know, the differences between IXC and BTC are much less than between NMC and BTC. I've kept a branch of the updated code that "just" adds merge-mining without the name features on purpose, so feel free to use that as basis for an updated IXC.
Thanks but the IXC code has already been updated - we paid for it and it wasn't cheap. And the massive pools [CEX and its Discus Fish branch] have actually updated (in secret, of course).
IXC is the only Bitcoin twin in the world. The only difference is that iXCoin is a fully matured version of a Bitcoin so ixCoin has many advantages on many levels which Bitcoin won't be able to match for 100 years.
Other than that, yeah, BTC and IXC are the same. Exactly the same.
I can't tell if you're being a troll or just lack the ability to clearly understand how much crap you're talking.
April 21, 2015, 02:26:25 AM
Are you talking about iXcoin? As far as I know, the differences between IXC and BTC are much less than between NMC and BTC. I've kept a branch of the updated code that "just" adds merge-mining without the name features on purpose, so feel free to use that as basis for an updated IXC.
Thanks but the IXC code has already been updated - we paid for it and it wasn't cheap. And the massive pools [CEX and its Discus Fish branch] have actually updated (in secret, of course).
IXC is the only Bitcoin twin in the world. The only difference is that iXCoin is a fully matured version of a Bitcoin so ixCoin has many advantages on many levels which Bitcoin won't be able to match for 100 years.
Other than that, yeah, BTC and IXC are the same. Exactly the same.
April 21, 2015, 01:20:25 AM
Namecoin is actually one of very few coins, that doing something more than just being a BTC clone.
I think it will be mined in MM as long BTC will be mined.
I think it will be mined in MM as long BTC will be mined.
Given Discus Fish [aka CEX.io] just paid the NMC devs 20,000 NMC to update the code I'd say there are long term [merge mining] plans. Just like they have obvious plans for the only other coin they are choosing to merge mine [iXcoin].
I'm a bit saddened; however, by the fact they didn't give us any help updating the code. I guess they fooled me [again] into paying for it. lol
Are you talking about iXcoin? As far as I know, the differences between IXC and BTC are much less than between NMC and BTC. I've kept a branch of the updated code that "just" adds merge-mining without the name features on purpose, so feel free to use that as basis for an updated IXC.
April 20, 2015, 05:48:43 PM
Namecoin is actually one of very few coins, that doing something more than just being a BTC clone.
I think it will be mined in MM as long BTC will be mined.
I think it will be mined in MM as long BTC will be mined.
Given Discus Fish [aka CEX.io] just paid the NMC devs 20,000 NMC to update the code I'd say there are long term [merge mining] plans. Just like they have obvious plans for the only other coin they are choosing to merge mine [iXcoin].
I'm a bit saddened; however, by the fact they didn't give us any help updating the code. I guess they fooled me [again] into paying for it. lol
April 20, 2015, 05:02:19 PM
Namecoin is actually one of very few coins, that doing something more than just being a BTC clone.
I think it will be mined in MM as long BTC will be mined.
I think it will be mined in MM as long BTC will be mined.
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