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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin
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da2ce7
on 10/12/2010, 00:10:07 UTC
If you currently generate 50 BTC per week, now you could get 50 BTC and some domain names too.

I'm still trying to get my head around your idea completely.  The main reason that I liked the idea of including BitDNS into the bitcoin block chain via transaction fees is that it gives BitDNS a very comprehensive economic support using bitcoins, thus increasing the value and usefulness of bitcoins.

I gather from Sotoshi's model, both BitDNS coins and bitcoins are generated by the same block, allowing them both to be traded as a commodity.  The problem I see with that is that domain names have value from their name, registration costs, and bandwidth/computer cost , not scarcity in number.

In nanotube's+theymos's proposal, the real cost making a BitDNS is _automatically_ paid by the transaction fee, their is no need to create a second market.  As many or as little domains names will be included in the chain, and the generators will be compensated in bitcoins for providing that service.