Re: [Bitcoin-development] btc name server

[Jay F <jayf@outlook.com>]

Namecoin already has an id/ and a/ (alias) namespace for such use:

{ "name" : "id/pichler", "value" : 
"\"BM-GtK6TiTtVo9toGVdk2zy3t4jGXZyZeMH\"", "expires_in" : 29397 },
{ "name" : "id/pigeons", "value" : "{ bitcoin: 
1BekNv7ezkx8eAjdkrUta2BTp9bbxU9LGG, bitmessage: 
BM-opfhTsUKdTezPiWFHxRQtM1ZMDvjKMkHf, ripple: rnziParaNb8nsU4aruQ
dwYE3j5jUcqjzFm}", "expires_in" : 10089 },
{ "name" : "id/pisces", "value" : 
"\"BM-GtK6TiTtVo9toGVdk2zy3t4jGXZyZeMH\"", "expires_in" : 32034 },
{ "name" : "id/plattler", "value" : 
"\"BM-GtK6TiTtVo9toGVdk2zy3t4jGXZyZeMH\"", "expires_in" : 30999 },
{ "name" : "id/pope", "value" : "{\n   \"bitmessage\"    : 
\"BM-2D7L1Suh1choaKt321Le3bS6PT6nxfWqpR\"\n}", "expires_in" : 29765 },

It's popular enough that it's been squat spammed by a few actors 
recently, and several bitmessage IDs are there along with Bitcoin 
addresses, etc.

On 8/2/2013 2:16 PM, Rick Wesson wrote:
> I'd raised this topic before suggesting to leverage DNS as its kinda
> useful for mapping names to numbers.
>
> Expect no support.
>
> -rick
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Chris Evans <aaxiomfinity@gmail.com
> <mailto:aaxiomfinity@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     wonder if it would be good idea to have a alias to wallet id
>     nameserver in the client software where a person can use a english
>     name to describe a wallet public key address?  and the software can
>     use it to look up the wallet id.
>
>     wallet ids are hard to remember/recall.
>
>     -chris
>     http://tawhakisoft.com/
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