Namecoin Forum

@virtual_master wrote What do you think about the consequences for decentralized TLDs ? Firstly, it is a draft so a lot of the language/text is contentious within the negotiators ... but the biggest risk to namecoin is the criminalisation of activities which may not even be commercially motivated (e...

@OddOne wrote Full title should be "How Currencies Work 101: Why Bitcoin/Namecoin will ultimately fail as currencies" but thread titles can't be that long. :D This is nuanced enough that I don't have time to go into background but as counter-factual, I'd point to this little research paper issued by...

@virtual_master wrote We need a real Namecoin Foundation not only a spending address. Whilst this is legally possible, it immediately centralises a lot of legal and fiscal activities. Conceptually what you are seeking is a trust-like structure where beneficiaries are the broader namecoin community. ...

What @virtual_master references in the article is more accurately labeled an unincorporated society at best (more community of interest) which covers clubs, fans, ad-hoc protests etc. A corporation which enjoys limited liability (which is usually the point of becoming incorporated) requires at least...

@virtual_master wrote Namecoin will always remain decentralized Hmmm ... not for the lack of effort otherwise The meeting in Seoul was the third annual attempt by governments to create a more formal and state-dominated place where the future of Internet governance can be discussed. In effect, it is ...