Namecoin Forum

Here is how to lose control of a name, and possibly corrupt wallet.dat: - tested with: version 0.3.24.63 on testnet - do a name_new - do a name_firstupdate - do a name_update with a 1023 character value string - attempt to do another name_update, resulting in error: {"code":-1,"message":"could not s...

In perhaps the best example of social engineering I've seen in a while, miner BitcoinEXpress may be bringing his experiment to a close. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44149 I am sorry it took these drastic measures to get people's attention, but it wasn't until I had demonstrated lethality ...

Sudsy wrote: Is this normal? Why is there still no balance after this amount of time?

Yes, normal. Balance only updates after a block is found by the pool.

OCTAGRAM wrote: So is http://bluishcoder.bit/bitcoin-pool/namecoin-hosts.c (hosts.txt)

Do anybody have a backup copies?

Try: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/bitcoin-po ... in-hosts.c

Yes. Checkpoint lockins are needed ASAP. Such lockins would also limit the (historical) damage a 51% attacker can cause.

BitcoinEXpress: I'm a bit confused. About a week ago on bitcointalk.org, when a suggestion was brought up to build tools to attack blockchains, your response was "What a complete and total lack of class." https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40772.msg505804#msg505804 Could you comment on how your...

Interesting. As was already mentioned on the bctalk thread, Merged Mining will start at block 19200. If a majority of the network upgrades by then, and if pools start offering merged mining, then we'd expect to see an increase in network speed. Until then, the network speed may remain low and a 51% ...

There is an issue with IRC peer discovery in version 3.24.60. Current system randomly sends clients to #namecoin0 to #namecoin99, but there are not enough active users on the network to support so many channels. Thus, many folks are reporting being unable to get any connections at startup. from http...

Some new news hits. See: http://dot-bit.org/Namecoin_in_the_news for the full list so far. Title: NameCoin and BitCoin, keys to web anonymity Date: 2011-09-01 URL: http://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/terabytes/2011/09/01/namecoin-and-bitcoin-keys-to-web-anonymity,92490555-ART Pu...

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