I filled in for Robert doing a talk at MoneroKon 5. Videos are expected soon-ish.
https://www.namecoin.org/2025/06/15/monerokon-5.htmlI also gave a talk (and published a paper) at GCER 2025, which is unlikely to be fascinating material for most people here, but for those of you who find STEM education interesting, GCER is expected to publish videos soon-ish as well.
https://www.kipr.org/gcerMeanwhile on the dev front, SocksTrace has been steadily gaining more functionality.
https://www.namecoin.org/2025/07/25/sockstrace-improvements.htmlBasicSwap is way cooler than Binance. And... they just added Namecoin! (Yes, we do engage in outreach to exchanges; this is a good result of those efforts.)
https://basicswapdex.com/Apart from bisq where the liquidity wasn't that deep for namecoin a while back I checked I was looking to atomic swap some of my Monero for Namecoin, but was hesitant might try basicswapdex.
Have you given it a go if so, how's the experience? Would it be best to join their matrix to get help getting started instead of jumping right in appreciate it
I haven't tried to use BasicSwap yet (I have no need since I don't routinely trade between cryptocurrencies), but my experience working with their devs on getting Namecoin added was generally pleasant.