/r/Namecoin

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Namecoin is a blockchain that acts as a decentralized alternative to the DNS and public TLS CA's, which resists censorship, hijacking, and MITM attacks.

Namecoin uses the .bit top-level domain. .bit domains are "special-use" (not part of the DNS; similar to .onion); hence, to resolve .bit domain names, one must have either a copy of the Namecoin blockchain (a full node such as Namecoin Core) or a lightweight SPV client (such as Electrum-NMC or ConsensusJ-Namecoin).

ABOUT NAMECOIN (sign: ℕ; code: NMC)

Namecoin is a blockchain that acts as a decentralized alternative to the DNS and public TLS certificate authorities, which resists censorship, hijacking, and MITM attacks.

Namecoin uses modified Bitcoin software, and like Bitcoin there is a limit of 21 million Namecoins. Each Namecoin is divisible down to 8 decimal places. Namecoin uses the .bit top-level domain. .bit domains are "special-use" (not part of the DNS; similar to .onion); hence, to resolve .bit domain names, one must have either a copy of the Namecoin blockchain (a full node such as Namecoin Core) or a lightweight SPV client (such as Electrum-NMC or ConsensusJ-Namecoin).


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SUBREDDIT RULES

  • No "Namecoin accepted at store X" styled posts. This subreddit is dedicated to the discussion of Namecoin development and problems/possibilities of the Namecoin protocol. "Buy X with Namecoin" posts are not welcome. Please pay for a reddit advertisement if you wish to promote your product or store.

  • Keep it Civil. Rational discussion is great. Weasel words and Personal Attacks do nothing but increase your own ego at the cost of an entire community's reputation and breadth of knowledge.

  • Read the FAQ first. Namecoin has a FAQ. If you're asking a question, check the FAQ first to see if it's answered there. This saves our volunteers time and allows them to focus on answering your more interesting questions.

  • Don't delete questions after getting answers. If you ask a question and then receive an answer, you shouldn't delete the original question from the public record. The people answering questions here are volunteers who are trying to benefit the public. Deleting your question after getting an answer eliminates the public benefit, and starts to resemble nonconsensual unpaid consulting. (Obviously, if you accidentally doxxed someone or something similar, you're more than welcome to delete that info from your question.)

  • No URL shorteners or referral links. URL shortening or rehosting services are a security hazard as they prevent readers from figuring out where a link will lead. Referral links produce a conflict of interest and incentivize posters to spam.

  • No misleading promotion of centralized resolution services. Promotion of .bit resolution mechanisms that rely on centralized validation is not permitted, unless accompanied (in the same comment) by an explicit warning that such resolution mechanisms are centralized and allow the service operator to censor and intercept all .bit traffic. (SPV validation, such as Electrum-NMC, does not qualify as centralized; nor does validation by another machine that is under the user's control, as can be done on iOS with a remote ncdns+Encaya instance.) Tools aimed at debugging-only use cases, such as block explorers, are exempt from this rule.

  • Breaking any of the subreddit rules listed above will result in a permanent ban without warning.


RELATED SUBREDDITS


NAMECOIN RELATED ISSUES ON GITHUB

/r/Namecoin

4,340 Subscribers

4

Is nameid.org no longer functioning?

What problems are there? This may be a time when platforms using OpenID might emerge.

1 Comment
2024/10/14
12:59 UTC

3

Max supply of Namecoin?

Is there someone know namecoin max supply?🙂

3 Comments
2024/10/13
14:25 UTC

5

Can't sync. No peers.

Can I get a few IPs to add manually and get started? TIA

3 Comments
2024/09/17
04:52 UTC

4

Namecoin news?

Is there anyone have news for namecoin or tor? There is no update few month.

3 Comments
2024/09/03
05:23 UTC

6

Documents on Namecoin?

I saw a post in the bounties section of the Namecoin forum describing functionality of signing a document using Namecoin chain. The post sounded a lot like a piece of software I have been working on for the last 3 years. This software is a peer to peer document exchange application. Currently it uses Polygon as an index for the documents while the actual contents of the documents are stored encrypted on IPFS. I am curious what the naming capabilities of Namecoin could add to the application and if there is any interest in discussing a "port" of the application to the Namecoin ecosystem. that application quicktemplate.app

2 Comments
2024/08/20
16:56 UTC

4

Godbless namecoin!

It's already been more than half way through 2024. And it's touching to see the namecoin grow slowly. I hope the namecoin developers and the community people are always healthy and happy.

Thank you guys!

6 Comments
2024/08/07
04:00 UTC

3

Need to lisiting at binance

Thanks to the hard work of the developers, the Namecoin project is still alive. But people don't know this good project yet. What if they went public on a big exchange like Binance? (They're a lot of namecoin holders, maybe) We will be able to attract more people's attention and gain project team members.

5 Comments
2024/07/28
04:48 UTC

4

This is insane....

https://x.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1785792759628234787

Why people use like thi shit instead of Namecoin? I don't understand....

1 Comment
2024/05/02
09:57 UTC

3

Is it hard to apply Namecoin to tor?

I'm worried that the project has been delayed for several years.

It would be wonderful if Tor was with Namecoin...

5 Comments
2024/04/22
05:48 UTC

4

37c3 presentation

I found almost 300 videos(somethings are overlap) in below youtube link but there is no namecoin thing. I don't know why....

Link : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_IxoDz1Nq2ZaHqsvqyBCrm8EdCTvkIxr&si=yyFIw0ueDs_J7amk

Anyway, i hope namecoin will work in tor system someday...

9 Comments
2024/04/17
13:48 UTC

1

Can I store NameCoin on a Ledger Nano S?

I'm thinking of buying some on CoinEx but don't know anything about the exchange and want to store it somewhere safe for a long term moon shot. What's the best way to do this? Hardware wallet, cold storage?

I have an unused Nano S, given to me as a gift(I know risky). Might have to figure out how to clear out any possible shinanigans that may be on it. Reset and restore or something?

9 Comments
2024/04/06
17:52 UTC

9

Just a housekeeping note...

Since apparently a bunch of people thought I was dead (wat) last time I was absent from Reddit for a while, and I prefer not to feed rumors, I just want to mention that the clowns who run Reddit infrastructure have broken multiple things in the past few months, and that this breakage has impaired my ability to use Reddit efficiently. Some parts of this have since been worked around by workflow changes on my end (thanks to the anonymous people who helped, you know who you are), other parts are not yet worked around.

So, until this is properly fixed, expect me to be not-very-present on Reddit. I don't know when or if this will be properly fixed. While it's generally a pretty safe assumption that I'm not dead and that I'm still working on Namecoin (despite the best efforts of the Saudis), if anyone wants to ask me questions with a better response time than Reddit, our Matrix channel is probably your best bet.

Cheers and Happy Hacking.

1 Comment
2024/04/05
23:35 UTC

2

Namecoin Hashrate All Time High

Namecoin Hashrate on Mar 19, 2024 at block 710,987
527.24 EH/s

1 Comment
2024/03/31
06:58 UTC

3

Why doesn't Foundry USA merge mine with NAMECOIN?

Is it related to political reasons?

1 Comment
2024/03/31
05:49 UTC

2

Jeremy!

How did the presentation go at 37c3? I happened to come across an article online introducing ways to buy and sell historical NFTs at 37c3. Is this information accurate? Did you plan to present on NFT trading? Where can I find the video from 37c3? Was it entirely canceled due to COVID, preventing any attendance at all

2 Comments
2024/03/31
05:45 UTC

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