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Other => Ivory Tower => Topic started by: Jet Cash on August 19, 2018, 05:21:28 PM


Title: Replace your ether address with a domain name.
Post by: Jet Cash on August 19, 2018, 05:21:28 PM
The Ethereum Name Service will allow users to replace their wallet address with a domain name. They are going to use the .eth extension. I'm a bit surprised that nobody has mentioned this, as it could help the price to recover.

https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-is-getting-its-first-top-level-domain-name/

Title: Re: Replace your ether address with a domain name.
Post by: Rath_ on August 20, 2018, 04:16:41 PM
Actually, it has been available for over a year and it didn't help much with the price. The bidding mechanism seems to be fair. If you win the auction, the ETH you bid is used as a deposit. It will be refunded once you release your domain. It looks like someone has bought bitcointalk.eth.

https://i.imgur.com/qvSnE41.png

Title: Re: Replace your ether address with a domain name.
Post by: jackg on August 20, 2018, 10:41:05 PM
Do we have .btc or .bitcoin?

If not, hostingsolutions or whatever they're called should give us one.

Title: Re: Replace your ether address with a domain name.
Post by: Rath_ on August 21, 2018, 08:18:25 AM
Quote from: jackg on August 20, 2018, 10:41:05 PM
Do we have .btc or .bitcoin?

If not, hostingsolutions or whatever they're called should give us one.

We don't have any Bitcoin domains. Take a look at OpenCap (https://github.com/opencap/protocol). It's currently under development. It will allow every user to use a custom allias ({username}${domain name}) for each of their addresses.

Currently, .eth domains can be used only to replace one's Ethereum address. They can't be used for resolving a specific IP address. Actually, they can. I have found an interesting Chrome extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ens-gateway-eth-domain-br/jkaiofboahfpipgijdgdmbdldlgcipgo). There are also other crypto based TLDs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain) such as .BIT, .EMC, .COIN, .LIB, .BAZAR. To use them you have to either configure your DNS properly or use a browser extension by Peername (https://peername.com/browser-extension/). You can also buy these domains there.

Title: Re: Replace your ether address with a domain name.
Post by: Jet Cash on August 21, 2018, 09:45:50 AM
I reread that article, and I seem to have missed a few points in the first reading. It seems that a registry is proposing to introduce a new TLD - .luxe , and this is supposed to combine payment functions with traditional domain activities. I think this is a bit of a marketing gimmick, and I wouldn't support it. First off, it introduces another (possibly untrusted ) party into the payment process, and I had trouble in finding an improvement over displaying a QR code or hyper-link in a conventional web page.


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