Re: [announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin

Lets split this thread into topic specific ones. See TLD poll here: https://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=7459.0

Quote from: Ricochet on May 05, 2011, 04:02:05 AM

Quote from: forever-d on May 05, 2011, 03:45:42 AM

Can't believe diffuculty is already 512. It took Bitcoin almost two years to reach this.

I guess I'll just have to buy them...

I believe it's always been permanently set to 512, and doesn't dynamically change as Bitcoin's does.

Also thanks grue for the binaries. I finally got it working with my limited knowledge.

Namecoin difficulty varies using the same algorithm as bitcoin. I started the difficulty at 512 to account for GPU mining being available.

Quote from: gigabytecoin on May 05, 2011, 07:06:26 AM

Quote from: vinced on April 18, 2011, 12:52:59 AM

* We need proxies, browser plugins and DNS servers created to act as a bridge between Namecoin and users.

By this, do you mean TOR and/or similar? I have access to 100mbps that I generally don't use! (PM me if so, this thread is freaking huge...)

I was talking about software rather than a service, although a DNS service makes sense. A public proxy has some privacy and abuse concerns.

Quote from: grue on May 07, 2011, 01:56:03 AM

any idea on how to get unconfirmed blocks to show? i've been looking through the source code, but it's super hard to read, and i can't find the part where the block's maturation status is checked.

I will merge with the latest bitcoin master branch in the next few days. As far as I know, that will give us this feature.