Some links for the interested, no idea if this stuff works
https://dotbit.me/http://dns.dot-bit.org/ old website needs to be updated
https://bit.namecoin.org/A few of 'Satoshi's' last quotes regarded what turned into Namecoin
@dtvan: all 3 excellent points.
1) IP records don't need to be in the chain, just do registrar function not DNS. And CA problem solved, neat.
2) Pick one TLD, .web +1.
3) Expiration and significant renewal costs, very important.
However, thinking more about this now I support inclusion of additional coinbases / tracking systems in the main network. The reason for doing this is so as not to water down CPU power into multiple networks. We want one strong network, so the network should be versatile.
Avoiding CPU power fragmentation is no longer a reason. Independent networks/chains can share CPU power without sharing much else. See:
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1790.msg28696#msg28696 and
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1790.msg28715#msg28715In September 2010 a discussion was started in the Bitcointalk forum about a hypothetical system called BitDNS and generalizing bitcoin, based on a talk at IRC at 14 November 2010. Gavin Andresen and Satoshi Nakamoto joined the discussion in the Bitcointalk forum and supported the idea of BitDNS. A reward for implementing BitDNS was announced at the Bitcointalk forum in December 2010. Soon a developer decided to implement this idea to earn this reward. On April 18, 2011 Namecoin was introduced by Vinced (Rumored to be Vincent Durham) as a multipurpose and distributed naming system based on bitcoin. It was inspired by the BitDNS discussion on the Bitcointalk forum. WikiLeaks mentioned the project via Twitter in June 2011.
Is it required to download the Namecoin blockchain to resolve .bit addresses?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bitIf there is some portal that easily connects .bit to other internets?