And remember, Namecoin is the only alt-coin that does not compete with Bitcoin. It augments it, by allowing the creation of Bitcoin commerce sites that can't be taken down with a phone call the way all other domains can be removed.
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Idea to immensely strengthen dot-bit (Namecoin Domain system) with distributed trustless DNS-like system based on BittorrentHow about distributing a copy of the block chain (and updating it), via something like Bittorrent for Namecoin. With a utility for your phone or computer to use it as a roving DNS server, without having to have the whole blockchain.
(I'd call the product
MeowTorrent.)
Including a function of checking and not bothering with addresses with no associated website for 3 out of the last six days or something like that.
Maybe it could be built on the code of uTorrent (With Namecoin wallet).
Also there could be third-party utilities like PeerBlock for Bittorrent that would ignore bunk addresses. Of course, that adds a central authority to it, but people could disable it if they can't get to sites they want to get to. PeerBlock does a kick-ass job with a continually updated list of blocked addresses for torrenting.
People could even make their own third-party censorship utilities. If Christian parents want to get to blocked gun sites but keep their kids off porn sites. It's not true "censorship" if you chose it rather than having it forced on you by some state backed by the threat of being thrown in a cage.
(There's talk in the gun blog world that a UN-ICANN is going to block gun sites, seems plausible, here's a video warning about the possibility:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Ynelygvpk But his solution is silly. If "GunsAndAmmo.com" is blocked, the same site under "FluffyPinkBunnies.com" would quickly be blocked too.)
Or if Arab-spring "dissidents" wanted political news to come in and out but wanted to keep out "decadent western pop culture", the market could take care of that (to an extent - no IP or name-blocking system is 100% perfect on white listing and black listing).
I really see no problem with that type of third-party solution, as long as its used in a voluntary way. Different companies could make different configurations, and people could chose what they want to block.
This would also make .bit slightly less of a threat to the nanny powers that be who would want to destroy a system outside central control. At least we could say "See? there ARE solutions if people don't want it accessible."
Of course, third-party utilities add a central authority to it, but people could disable it if they can't get to sites they want to get to. PeerBlock does a kick-ass job with an updated list of blocked addresses for torrenting.
Derrick adds: A trustable third party will likely be needed for some situations, I like the idea of independent auditors too.
Yes, I'm going to make an attempt at getting .net working on Windows Phone. I'm in a good position to do it.
But yes, post it up, I doubt there are going to be any other takers for Windows, but probably for Android. I think Terry Pearson from that G+ thread this morning is planning on working on it. I directed him to our forums for discussion.
I want to get dotbitns.com set up too; I need a network wide trustless resolver for my own local network so that All connected devices can surf dot-bit, and so that my mail server can deliver dot-bit email. So I plan to develop a DNS server extension for windows server so that network admins can deploy do-bit on their LANs.
Michael W. Dean,
MeowBit CAO (Chief Anarchy Officer), cat herder, worm wrangler.
Developer discussion of this topic is here:
http://forum.namecoin.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1710
