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You have to store the blockchain on your computer to be able to browse website securely via namecoin, if you use 'light wallets' you will end up with the same D
by uwutnope 12y ago
You have to store the blockchain on your computer to be able to browse website securely via namecoin, if you use 'light wallets' you will end up with the same DNS as today (trust a third party DNS server + CA or Namecoin node). You could use http://convergence.io/ http://convergence.io/ type of idea to connect to two trusted Namecoin nodes but do we really expect the average user to keep a list of trusted nodes?
- wyager 12y agoYou can have trustless namecoin without storing the blockchain, using techniques like SPV.
- uwutnope 12y agoAccording to https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security SPV relies on the trust of your ISP. When nodes send you the blockchain data, is that an encrypted transfer or open to MITM?
- ryan-c 12y agoIf you only want to be able to resolve against Namecoin, it's possible to build a client that stores only the unspent transaction output set for names and a few dozen recent blocks and full security.
- uwutnope 12y agoHow does that scale in filesize if Namecoin had 215 million~ domain names like we have in the current ICANN system? Also, what would the solution be for smartphones, downloading even just a few blocks isn't preferable with phone networks.