Topic: Namecoin Dying - page 2. (Read 8041 times)
Anyone wanna sell me a few namecoins for BTC?
You are kidding right? namecoin also needs to be renewed, and currently it's several times more expensive than just registering a ICANN domain with godaddy.
Also the cheapest price in the world would do nothing, if the whole world don't support the protocol.
Also the cheapest price in the world would do nothing, if the whole world don't support the protocol.
Several times more expensive huh? With the current rates it costs around $7.5 usd to register .bit and it will keep on getting lower. Renewal costs $0. Meanwhile godaddy costs $12 per year.
well A few days ago it was at $20+, I guess it dropped in value recently.
There is a namecoin gui. http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=93&sid=302e43c8754997fc355416af00c70b28 and looks to be a wallet type gui in the works. check the posts here http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=8
Namecoin Dying?
A few days ago there was a thread about how great it was doing.
A few days ago there was a thread about how great it was doing.
You are kidding right? namecoin also needs to be renewed, and currently it's several times more expensive than just registering a ICANN domain with godaddy.
Also the cheapest price in the world would do nothing, if the whole world don't support the protocol.
Also the cheapest price in the world would do nothing, if the whole world don't support the protocol.
Several times more expensive huh? With the current rates it costs around $7.5 usd to register .bit and it will keep on getting lower. Renewal costs $0. Meanwhile godaddy costs $12 per year.
There is some steps already done to lower domain name price. Actually the price should be symbolic from the start, but speculating, rise price to much.
You are kidding right? namecoin also needs to be renewed, and currently it's several times more expensive than just registering a ICANN domain with godaddy.
Also the cheapest price in the world would do nothing, if the whole world don't support the protocol.
If the owning vs leasing argument doesn't convince people then the very low price of registration and renewal might.
Also the cheapest price in the world would do nothing, if the whole world don't support the protocol.
The problem is how do you convince the whole world to go against ICANN regulation and support .bit namecoin? My guess is it's almost impossible. So namecoin will remain an obscure experiment similar to OpenNIC
If the owning vs leasing argument doesn't convince people then the very low price of registration and renewal might.
The problem is how do you convince the whole world to go against ICANN regulation and support .bit namecoin? My guess is it's almost impossible. So namecoin will remain an obscure experiment similar to OpenNIC
If the owning vs leasing argument doesn't convince people then the very low price of registration and renewal might.
Silk Road now accepting Namecoin!
Just kidding, that will be when namecoin gets a user gui and grows up a little ... its got potential, since it is NOT bitcoin but can be traded just like them. If the schumer brigade "make bitcoin illegal" where's people gonna turn next ....
oh look, there's Namecoin just sitting waiting for a dance over there .... at this point, Namecoin is the tent peg that is conceptually holding the main pole up legally, philosophically .... whatta they gonna do ban all bitcoin-like p2p code??
Just kidding, that will be when namecoin gets a user gui and grows up a little ... its got potential, since it is NOT bitcoin but can be traded just like them. If the schumer brigade "make bitcoin illegal" where's people gonna turn next ....
oh look, there's Namecoin just sitting waiting for a dance over there .... at this point, Namecoin is the tent peg that is conceptually holding the main pole up legally, philosophically .... whatta they gonna do ban all bitcoin-like p2p code??
The problem is how do you convince the whole world to go against ICANN regulation and support .bit namecoin? My guess is it's almost impossible. So namecoin will remain an obscure experiment similar to OpenNIC
Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/
Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/
Of course they'll cost $185,000, and $55,000 / year. No biggie, I have Bitcoins.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/icanns-new-top-level-domains-to-cost-185000-51354/
Namecoin can do more than just DNS:
Namecoin is not a domain name system, but a name→value associated array. So there isn't a need for a hack or fork. That's the beauty of the whole idea! 
A Namecoin "name" is composed of slash-seperated substrings, first of which is the "application specifier".
The current domain name system based on Namecoin uses the "d/" application specifier, with "s/" OR "dd/" proposed to specify extra domain data. That is, if you register "d/example", the value will contain information for example.bit.
A Namecoin "name" is composed of slash-seperated substrings, first of which is the "application specifier".
The current domain name system based on Namecoin uses the "d/" application specifier, with "s/" OR "dd/" proposed to specify extra domain data. That is, if you register "d/example", the value will contain information for example.bit.
I'm sensing some slight FUD. Are pure bitcoiners worried that Namecoin might become a strong competitor?
The idea of namecoin is intriguing. It's just like bitcoin except you can also spend them to securely register a domain. It's like times in the past when people used stamps as a defacto currency because they had an intrinsic value - the value of getting a letter from A to B. Namecoin has an intrinsic value too - the value of an irrevocable domain.
Now if nobody cares then namecoins are little more than an interesting curio. However if they "take off" then who knows where they'll go?
I love the idea of namecoin and it's possibilities. The issue is that we can't expect it to take off until a mainstream DNS provider will resolve .bit lookups. And what happens when someone pays the thousands to ICANN for .bit. Then who really owns it? We have to make the .bit tld ubiquitous or else it will fail. I'm not saying now but eventually mainstream browsers or dns providers will have to give it legitimacy. Who knows if they will.
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I'm sensing some slight FUD. Are pure bitcoiners worried that Namecoin might become a strong competitor?
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/
Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?
^^ winner!
Seriously. That is the reason I want just one namecoin.
I sell nice dice. Maybe somebody would like to trade? One set for 48 NMC?
I haven't even thought about how to price it. Make me an offer.
I welcome suggestions.
Namecoin: N974MSGhuKYaZF3JriZhCvLhcB5NTkVJ4s
https://exchange.bitparking.com
Easy way to get some namecoins.
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/
Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?
^^ winner!
Seriously. That is the reason I want just one namecoin.
I sell nice dice. Maybe somebody would like to trade? One set for 48 NMC?
I haven't even thought about how to price it. Make me an offer.
I welcome suggestions.
Namecoin: N974MSGhuKYaZF3JriZhCvLhcB5NTkVJ4s
It's not dying, it's just that people are mining them and immediately selling for BTC so the price is dropping.
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/
Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?
^^ winner!
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/
http://www.icann.org/
Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?
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