> BrightID Thanks for sharing, it's really interesting. From what i understand different communities using nicknames could still use this system, though some a

> BrightID Thanks for sharing, it's really interesting. From what i understand different communities using nicknames could still use this system, though some applications may require that different communities recognize you as the same entity. > (1) your friends can assign to you their own nickname for you, or (2) you can buy an ENS name that is globally findable. Yes petnames is a common pattern with crypto-secure naming systems. Tor has been thinking about it for a while, and the GNU Name System (GNS) has basically implemented what you described over a "simple" (compared to Ethereum) DHT, so no need for $$$$. On top of that, GNS should be backwards-compatible with DNS (which it intends to replace), and opens doors to cool stuff like Reclaim:ID which is a decentralized identity/authorization provider. Feel free to checkout GNS presentation from ICANN if that's appealing to you.