Messaging system

[Delia]

With name_history, it's much more feasible to avoid creating a separate domain for each message. I can name_new/name_firstupdate once, to create a 'username', and then post 'status updates' via name_update. The result is less email and more twitter, but the pricing is considerably more attractive.

[zamgo]

The result is less email and more twitter, but the pricing is considerably more attractive.

Yup, while twitter has a 140 character text limit, and SMS has a 160 character text limit, a namecoin messaging system would have a 1023 character limit. (and maybe a bit less, if space is needed for JSON or whatever formatting)

Also:
-There's a speed limit for new messages, based on the speed of the blockchain.
-'Eternal Message Storage' via the blockchain, also

[khal]

The good patch finally arrived :
- Add address to name_scan, name_list and name_history commands

Code: Select all

./namecoind name_history p/khal
[
    {
        "name" : "p/khal",
        "value" : "{ \"mail\": \"khal@dot-bit.org\", \"gpgfingerprint\": \"3ef2a1ff5b9f651b95638e8f9cc5b92e965d69a9\", \"btc\": \"1KHAL8bUjnkMRMg9yd2dNrYnJgZGH8Nj6T\", \"nmc\": \"N1KHAL5C1CRzy58NdJwp1tbLze3XrkFxx9\" }",
        "txid" : "adb57490f0ae14b700d11bee364d8e5a114808c679913c1d67d48868ea5d190b",
        "expires_in" : 4498,
        "address" : "N4zsBvJqfUBA9Hqq9aoNfuc3XjxMANXGm7"
    }
]