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A potential new use case for Namecoin: file verification.

Verifying the source of a file is critical in the cryptocurrency world. This would be a decentralized solution.

Publish
New Namecoin entry:
  name: filename
  value: hash of the file, signature, established entry the file is signed from

Verify
Check signature --> file is signed by the established entry holder


The signature could be from the Namecoin key holding the established entry or a key published in the value of the established name.

The established entry could be a .bit domain or an id / personal namespace entry or something completely new. I currently tend towards the domain.

Comments? Interest?

I don't understand what is the advantage over a simple signature. They were invented exactly for the purpose of source verification.

I like something like this be created, or if it exist, know hot to do it.

http://p2pconnects.us/2013/05/10/namecoin-cryptographic-login-that-doesnt-suck/ (http://p2pconnects.us/2013/05/10/namecoin-cryptographic-login-that-doesnt-suck/)

The point is: Where to store the pubkey.

Yeah, that is interesting.

phelix: 100% with you,
the problem is that in alt-crypto 99% are speculators not developers...  >:(

mnc is the 1%