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Difficulty has decreased to 290

The difficulty has decreased for the first time, from 512 (arbitrary defined at the beginning) to 290.

Domains will be easier to get :p

I had the same problem while registering an existing domain. So i guess the problem is still here... For now, i would recommand to verify if your domain already exists : ./namecoind name_scan d/your_domain 1 It will always output 1 domain, the one you want if it already exists, another one if it doe...

Offer has been taken by npouillard on irc (#namecoin) for 5.5BTC.
Thanks everybody.

I want to buy 1000 namecoins.
Make your offers.

You need to configure a different port if you want to use both. On linux, you need to edit "~/.namecoin/bitcoin.conf" and configure 3 lines : rpcuser=user rpcpassword=pass rpcport=8336 Then, use these settings in you miner. Example : ./minerd --url http://127.0.0.1:8336/ --userpass user:pass --threa...

Current namecoin software is currently designed to operate without any tld. That's why we could choose .bit or .web, etc. To remain compatible with existing dns technologies, we need to choose one. But, i think then namecoin software should be designed to allow several TLDs. I don't want to allow pe...

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