Quote from: PrimeHunter2023 on Today at 07:37:47 PM

Quote from: biolizard89 on Today at 10:18:44 AM

...If you don't understand the in-jokes in some of the designs, feel free to ask in this thread, I don't mind elaborating on them...

"Namecoin"
"The REAL Bitcoin*"
"For 48 hours 12-13 November 2017"

https://namecoin.creator-spring.com/listing/real-light-j-8882?product=2174&variation=106070

Not going to pay $67 for a jacket, but curious.

Good choice!

If you take a look at this Metrics report, you'll see all eight 24-hour periods in which Namecoin hashrate exceeded Bitcoin. https://metrics.namecoin.org/namecoin/period-timestamps-1-days/pool/charts/gt_parent.txt

The only consecutive 2-day period on that report is 12-13 November 2017. That was when BCH got into a hashwar with Bitcoin, with the purported goal of BCH being to prove that with more hashrate, it was the "real Bitcoin". Since Namecoin can use both Bitcoin and BCH as a parent chain, Namecoin wound up with a higher hashrate than either Bitcoin or BCH during those two days. When I tweeted about it, Samson Mow from Blockstream noticed my tweet and commented "Oh crap, now Namecoin is the real Bitcoin." So yeah that's what the shirt design is referencing -- a cool historical event in which Namecoin's ability to use multiple parent chains got demonstrated in practice.

The high price for the jackets is just because TeeSpring charges us a lot for those. That design is available on other products if you want something mildly cheaper. E.g. https://namecoin.creator-spring.com/listing/real-light-1482?product=389

Quote from: nutildah on February 16, 2024, 02:52:32 AM

That is not Namecoin, it's BitDNS, which wasn't even his idea. He just chimed in a few suggestions on how a BitDNS would work -- this was before the creation of Namecoin, which again, he had nothing to do with.

The Namecoin.org Team page credits Satoshi in the "Pre-Genesis Researchers" section, along with other people like Dan Kaminsky (who definitely would not be considered a Namecoin developer). That section is for people who did interesting research that laid the groundwork for Namecoin, but never worked on Namecoin itself. https://www.namecoin.org/team/