[announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin - page 83.

Raoul Duke

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Quote from: cablepair on February 29, 2012, 09:47:04 PM

http://www.bitviewer.net

Our proxy allows you to view .BIT namecoin domains without any DNS modications or special software.
Now you can visit all your favorite .BIT enabled web sites with any web browser (even your cell phone!)
Simply type your desired .bit website into the address bar and click go!

Donations:
Bitcoin:13hXch3B1kLQxJWmW972rvvFmboDcqy9kV
Namecoin:NACTZ4uwsQTEagbvYrU5vmyd5mgSfzM2Wf

Can you make it like tor2web.org?

use the bit domain as a subdomain of your proxy site instead of people having to visit your site to enter the URL they wish to visit they just go straight to it.
It will also enable google to index those pages that nowadays he can't index and you'll get free search engine traffic, and maybe make some money by showing a little banner on the top

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Buy this account on March-2019. New Owner here!!

http://www.bitviewer.net

Our proxy allows you to view .BIT namecoin domains without any DNS modications or special software.
Now you can visit all your favorite .BIT enabled web sites with any web browser (even your cell phone!)
Simply type your desired .bit website into the address bar and click go!

Donations:
Bitcoin:13hXch3B1kLQxJWmW972rvvFmboDcqy9kV
Namecoin:NACTZ4uwsQTEagbvYrU5vmyd5mgSfzM2Wf

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Quote from: phelix on February 28, 2012, 04:15:04 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 12:48:48 PM

Quote from: tysat on February 28, 2012, 12:40:30 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 11:01:05 AM

Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

See http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584 for easy viewing of .bit domains.

Sorry but that is not very user friendly and most people won't bother to do that. Do you know of any proxy's?

what would you consider easy enough? A windows installer would be relatively easy to create.

My friend is working on a '.bit' proxy website and eventually '.bit' search engine that can be accessed from any internet enabled browser. I'll let you all know when it's ready Wink

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Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 12:48:48 PM

Quote from: tysat on February 28, 2012, 12:40:30 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 11:01:05 AM

Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

See http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584 for easy viewing of .bit domains.

Sorry but that is not very user friendly and most people won't bother to do that. Do you know of any proxy's?

what would you consider easy enough? A windows installer would be relatively easy to create.

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Quote from: goodlord666 on February 28, 2012, 07:37:46 AM

Can't we get rid of that .bit thing and turn every registered domain into a TLD?

What's the use in sticking to this 3-letter TLD nonsense, seriously now?

.bit TLD are rarely accepted by web hosting services.
So, imagine you suppress the tld now, you would have near 0 services available and your only choice would be to do it yourself on a VPS/dedicated server. Plus, i wonder how to support this in dns servers, maybe another difficulty. Do you really want to be accessible ? :p
For all those reasons, the tld is still here.

If .bit become popular and it exists really easy tools that have all the required data/features locally on your computer (local dns or local proxies knowing .bit, changing your dns automatically, configuring your browser/os, etc), then, this may be feasible. Rendez-vous in some months/years :p

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 12:48:48 PM

Sorry but that is not very user friendly and most people won't bother to do that.

You are a joker, don't you ? :p (ok, the rename step will be removed)

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 12:48:48 PM

Do you know of any proxy's?

The only one that i know of is https://masterpool.eu/proxy.

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 01:02:38 PM

I don't mind doing that as I'm very interested in NMC but the average internet user would still have to be pushed into doing some easier and less technical such as even visiting a proxy or adding a browser extension.

We have contacted the foxyproxy guy, but with only one existing proxy, it's not currently a reliable solution.

ps : i am currently searching for people to make the frontpage of dot-bit and namecoin (in the bitcoin homepage style : an end user page). Are there some people motivated to help the namecoin project ?

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Quote from: tysat on February 28, 2012, 12:58:29 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 12:48:48 PM

Quote from: tysat on February 28, 2012, 12:40:30 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 11:01:05 AM

Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

See http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584 for easy viewing of .bit domains.

Sorry but that is not very user friendly and most people won't bother to do that. Do you know of any proxy's?

Yup... downloading a text file, renaming it, then doubling clicking it is super hard. I can barely get through my day because of all the double clicking and typing I am forced to do for work.

I don't mind doing that as I'm very interested in NMC but the average internet user would still have to be pushed into doing some easier and less technical such as even visiting a proxy or adding a browser extension. This idea - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/namecoin-reroute-java-dns-server-66393 - looks interesting maybe you should white-list the OP so he can post on the main boards?

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Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 12:48:48 PM

Quote from: tysat on February 28, 2012, 12:40:30 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 11:01:05 AM

Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

See http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584 for easy viewing of .bit domains.

Sorry but that is not very user friendly and most people won't bother to do that. Do you know of any proxy's?

Yup... downloading a text file, renaming it, then doubling clicking it is super hard. I can barely get through my day because of all the double clicking and typing I am forced to do for work.

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Quote from: tysat on February 28, 2012, 12:40:30 PM

Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 11:01:05 AM

Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

See http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584 for easy viewing of .bit domains.

Sorry but that is not very user friendly and most people won't bother to do that. Do you know of any proxy's?

tysat

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Quote from: matthewh3 on February 28, 2012, 11:01:05 AM

Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

See http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584 for easy viewing of .bit domains.

matthewh3

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Someone needs to make a Chrome extension to view '.bit' domains or something else making it very easy to view '.bit' domains or it will hinder its adoption being unable to easily view the sites.

Raoul Duke

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Quote from: goodlord666 on February 28, 2012, 07:37:46 AM

Can't we get rid of that .bit thing and turn every registered domain into a TLD?

What's the use in sticking to this 3-letter TLD nonsense, seriously now?

/nods in agreement

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Can't we get rid of that .bit thing and turn every registered domain into a TLD?

What's the use in sticking to this 3-letter TLD nonsense, seriously now?

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Quote from: phelix on February 26, 2012, 09:28:56 AM

fyi:

Namecoin support via DNS-Suffix now working:

http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584

This is a reasonable approach, querying the special DNS-Server only for Namecoin domains.

Installation is as simple as adding a registry key (windows).

Awesome solution. This makes .bit websites much more easily accessible.

phelix

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fyi:

Namecoin support via DNS-Suffix now working:

http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2584#p2584

This is a reasonable approach, querying the special DNS-Server only for Namecoin domains.

Installation is as simple as adding a registry key (windows).

phelix

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for those of you interested there is a discussion going on about flaws in namecoin and an alternative decentralized p2p dns system: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/dianna-the-iana-decentralized-design-concept-64279

the p2p dns train is gaining momentum again

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Quote from: khal on November 23, 2011, 09:28:58 AM

Quote from: ShadowOfHarbringer on November 21, 2011, 08:59:46 AM

But did you merge forced non-zero TX fees from Bitcoin ?
If so, then paytxfee setting might not work in some cases.

Namecoin use this function too :

Code:

static bool AllowFree(double dPriority)
   {
   // Large (in bytes) low-priority (new, small-coin) transactions
   // need a fee.
   return dPriority > COIN * 144 / 250;
   }

So, some tx may require a fee of 0.0005NMC (0.00000657BTC).

I just looked up your code and you definately do not allow free transactions, just like the mainline client.

This is the code responsible (src/wallet.cpp):

Code:

bool fAllowFree = CTransaction::AllowFree(dPriority);
int64 nMinFee = wtxNew.GetMinFee(1, fAllowFree);

In my fork i change it to following, to revert to default 0.3.20 behavior, which allows sending coins without fee, always.

Code:

//Bitcoin NFTF Patch - by ShadowOfHarbringer START
   bool fAllowFree = true;
   int64 nMinFee = wtxNew.GetMinFee(1, fAllowFree);
   //Bitcoin NFTF Patch - by ShadowOfHarbringer END

However this is not a proper fix, but a quick & dirty fix.

If you are interested in "good fix", there is a patch for the mainline client created by Luke-Jr here.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.639340

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Quote from: Red Emerald on November 24, 2011, 03:56:00 PM

Quote from: julz on November 20, 2011, 01:29:55 AM

I'm discussing the hypothetical situation where the .bit namespace is allocated by ICANN to some registrar.
While I tend to agree it 'probably' won't happen - it's not so easy to evangelize a system based on such a fuzzy 'probably'.

If ICANN ever officially allocates .bit, then the namecoin network can switch to something else like .nmc. That is why the name records are "d/blah" not "blah.bit." I'm pretty sure I read a nice explanation of this on dot-bit.org, but now I can't find it.

http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=309&p=2049&hilit=icann#p2049

That thread links to two others which talk about how the TLD doesn't matter at all.

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Quote from: julz on November 20, 2011, 01:29:55 AM

I'm discussing the hypothetical situation where the .bit namespace is allocated by ICANN to some registrar.
While I tend to agree it 'probably' won't happen - it's not so easy to evangelize a system based on such a fuzzy 'probably'.

If ICANN ever officially allocates .bit, then the namecoin network can switch to something else like .nmc. That is why the name records are "d/blah" not "blah.bit." I'm pretty sure I read a nice explanation of this on dot-bit.org, but now I can't find it.

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Red Emerald, julz :
Here is what currently exists to browse .bit domains :
- http://dot-bit.org/HowToBrowseBitDomains
- http://dot-bit.org/DNS_and_Proxy_softwares
- http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=349
Nothing is browser centric, even proxy softwares. Most people will use proxies with browsers, because that's most usages. But nothing will stop them to use proxies also in FTP clients, etc.

Quote from: ShadowOfHarbringer on November 21, 2011, 08:59:46 AM

But did you merge forced non-zero TX fees from Bitcoin ?
If so, then paytxfee setting might not work in some cases.

Namecoin use this function too :

Code:

static bool AllowFree(double dPriority)
{
// Large (in bytes) low-priority (new, small-coin) transactions
// need a fee.
return dPriority > COIN * 144 / 250;
}

So, some tx may require a fee of 0.0005NMC (0.00000657BTC).

I've just been "flooded" with +3000 tx of 0.00000001NMC and allowing a fee of 0 in that case would be a bit dangerous for the network (was it you testing ?). This function may not be perfect, but this is another problem.

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Quote from: khal on November 18, 2011, 10:35:31 AM

-alternate clients without TX fees requirement ? : Do you know you can force tx fees to 0 in bitcoin (search paytxfee) ? Same for namecoin ! What a revelation !

But did you merge forced non-zero TX fees from Bitcoin ?
If so, then paytxfee setting might not work in some cases.

Current bitcoin client forces everybody to pay fees even if they are not necessary.
This is the reason why i created NFTF Bitcoin client fork.

Is this the case with namecoin ?

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