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Another incident that tells us we need to move towards something more decentralized. Namecoin is an excellent concept and idea, it's a pity it is not used and s

by sidko 12y ago

Another incident that tells us we need to move towards something more decentralized. Namecoin is an excellent concept and idea, it's a pity it is not used and supported more widely.

toTheDune 12y ago
There is a namecoin dev introduction thread filled with their various projects and a few calls to action on /r/namecoin if you're interested. https://reddit.com/r/namecoin https://reddit.com/r/namecoin
- ryan-c 12y ago
  I actually do some work on Namecoin, and need to post in that thread. The current namecoind is based on a horribly old version of bitcoin, and we could really use some donations to help get a rewrite against something more maintainable done.
fleitz 12y ago
Why does it tell us that? The only thing we know is that they were under sealed court order. Namecoin is not a magical solution to every problem with domain registration, and it barely scratches the surface of the decentralization issue as it's pretty cheap for anyone with the budget of a nation state to 'recentralize' the namecoin system, let alone a $5 wrench. When it comes to things being seized under sealed court order, the authorities usually don't have a problem finding a wrench.
dsl 12y ago
What if the 5,000 domains were seized and shut down to prevent a massive worm that had compromised millions of computers and would result in massive theft against millions of consumers? In the vast majority of cases law enforcement and court actions against domains are justifiable and benefit the internet.
- hueving 12y ago
  >In the vast majority of cases law enforcement and court actions against domains are justifiable and benefit the internet. Based on what stats?
- mcintyre1994 12y ago
  In that case why would it be a sealed court order? Also if sealed court orders are involved and we assume we don't know about all of them, how can you possibly make claims regarding "the vast majority"?
  - dsl 12y ago
    Personally being involved in a lot of domain takedowns.
jc123 12y ago
I heard it didn't gain support due to name squatters. The migration path to a decentralized solution is the challenge.
- vertex-four 12y ago
  More of the issue is that it's really hard to set up. It's getting better with things like DNSChain, but it's still not exactly something a non-technical person can get going with in 10 minutes. It's also not something you can use on your phone safely yet. It's not going to be something that legitimate companies are going to use for their primary domain name for a long time. More than that, it's going to be used in niche applications - decentralised identity (id/ rather than u/), primarily, along with being used as a name service for things like OpenBazaar and maybe Tor. On the other hand, if you happen to run a company or project and have some form of cryptocurrency, you might as well exchange some of that for namecoins and register d/whatever, just in case.

by sidko 12y ago

Another incident that tells us we need to move towards something more decentralized. Namecoin is an excellent concept and idea, it's a pity it is not used and supported more widely.

toTheDune 12y ago

There is a namecoin dev introduction thread filled with their various projects and a few calls to action on /r/namecoin if you're interested. https://reddit.com/r/namecoin https://reddit.com/r/namecoin

ryan-c 12y ago
I actually do some work on Namecoin, and need to post in that thread. The current namecoind is based on a horribly old version of bitcoin, and we could really use some donations to help get a rewrite against something more maintainable done.

fleitz 12y ago

Why does it tell us that? The only thing we know is that they were under sealed court order. Namecoin is not a magical solution to every problem with domain registration, and it barely scratches the surface of the decentralization issue as it's pretty cheap for anyone with the budget of a nation state to 'recentralize' the namecoin system, let alone a $5 wrench. When it comes to things being seized under sealed court order, the authorities usually don't have a problem finding a wrench.

dsl 12y ago

What if the 5,000 domains were seized and shut down to prevent a massive worm that had compromised millions of computers and would result in massive theft against millions of consumers? In the vast majority of cases law enforcement and court actions against domains are justifiable and benefit the internet.

hueving 12y ago
>In the vast majority of cases law enforcement and court actions against domains are justifiable and benefit the internet. Based on what stats?
mcintyre1994 12y ago
In that case why would it be a sealed court order? Also if sealed court orders are involved and we assume we don't know about all of them, how can you possibly make claims regarding "the vast majority"?
- dsl 12y ago
  Personally being involved in a lot of domain takedowns.

jc123 12y ago

I heard it didn't gain support due to name squatters. The migration path to a decentralized solution is the challenge.

vertex-four 12y ago
More of the issue is that it's really hard to set up. It's getting better with things like DNSChain, but it's still not exactly something a non-technical person can get going with in 10 minutes. It's also not something you can use on your phone safely yet. It's not going to be something that legitimate companies are going to use for their primary domain name for a long time. More than that, it's going to be used in niche applications - decentralised identity (id/ rather than u/), primarily, along with being used as a name service for things like OpenBazaar and maybe Tor. On the other hand, if you happen to run a company or project and have some form of cryptocurrency, you might as well exchange some of that for namecoins and register d/whatever, just in case.