Re: [announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin
Not sure what you are quoting, but more than one person believes there may be an organized effort to make sure ICANN and national governments maintain control over domains.
OK so when you say something like this you should present some kind of evidence along with it to support your claim. You can't expect any critical thinker to take you seriously without it.
You believe namecoin should not compete with bitcoin. Correct? Do you believe that?
No, that's not what I believe. Regardless, it was never meant to compete with Bitcoin. It was meant to extend the functionality of the blockchain. The intentions for what Namecoin was meant to be are spelled out in the OP:
It is inspired by the bitdns discussion and recent failures of the DNS.
You and biolizard typically are in lockstep. Both he and you have slyly discouraged any efforts to bring namecoin to a wider audience.
I'd love to hear suggestions on how we could do a better job on this.
Perhaps, some additional work on the features of the coin, that would appeal to the greater audience. If there is no displeasure with the idea of the more "financial" coin.
I don't see much reason to try to compete with Bitcoin, if that's what you mean by "financial". Bitcoin already works extremely well at what it does. Remember the Unix philosophy.
