Use namecoin blockchain as torrent tracker

[deg]

Hi there,

there's already been the proposal of using the namecoin blockchain as torrent tracker.

People at the bitcointalk forum had also discussed this topic. I wonder how the namecoin devs are thinking about this? What are the limitations of this idea? What are the threats? How could this be achieved?

thanks for any thoughts...
rgds,
deg

[phelix]

currently the length of data per key is quite limited. I think ~900 characters (bytes), ~500 characters for update. It has been discussed to increase this limit to 9000 characters.

storing would be quite easy, e.g. in python using https://github.com/phelixbtc/ncsc:

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>>> key  = "tt/some_ubuntu_iso"
>>> magnet = r"magnet:?xt=urn:btih:768a50f66d6b3efb8426494541e086a55d586277&dn=Ubuntu+Administracion+Edition+12.04+64Bits+%28CosmoUbuntu64%29&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80"
>>> D = {"mag":magnet, "desc":key}
>>> import json
>>> j = json.dumps(D)
>>> import ncsc_issue
>>> ncc = nscs_issue.NcscIssue()
>>> ncc.db_name_new(key)
>>> ncc.db_name_firstupdate(key, jsonString=j)

then you also need something to browse. as a start: pynamecoin.name_show("tt/")

I am worried about when (not if) people start using this or something similar for exchanging real bad things and nobody can do anything against it.

[deg]

That's the cost of total net freedom... It's the never ending conflict.

That problem already exists with namecoin. What could you do against someone who resolves to really bad content?

Concerning the Torrent/NMC idea, could a vosting system or anything similar be a solution to it?