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Title: [2015-09-14] Onename Chooses Bitcoin over Namecoin
Post by: upsidedown75 on September 14, 2015, 09:38:14 PM
Onename Chooses Bitcoin over Namecoin
Onename, the startup that has been working for a while on creating a blockchain based digital identification for every internet user has decided to switch the engine that has been powering it so far. The company has been using NameCoin blockchain for its operations until now. But the emergence of fact that NameCoin is not decentralized as thought before has got Onename switching from NameCoin blockchain to bitcoin block chain.
http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/onename-chooses-bitcoin-over-namecoin/


Title: Re: [2015-09-14] Onename Chooses Bitcoin over Namecoin
Post by: fancy_pants on September 14, 2015, 10:03:08 PM
Onename Chooses Bitcoin over Namecoin
Onename, the startup that has been working for a while on creating a blockchain based digital identification for every internet user has decided to switch the engine that has been powering it so far. The company has been using NameCoin blockchain for its operations until now. But the emergence of fact that NameCoin is not decentralized as thought before has got Onename switching from NameCoin blockchain to bitcoin block chain.
http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/onename-chooses-bitcoin-over-namecoin/


Finally Satoshi gets a point on the scoreboard.  I see this as non-biased acknowledgement that bitcoin the currency cannot be federated from the blockchain.