Re: [ANN] SilkCoin | New Wallet | NOW on MintPal / Cryptsy

Silkcoin,

The registration mechanism you're proposing has an interesting application towards preexisting non-p2p systems.

Suppose a website owner who employs a home grown authentication system is able to add a Silk authentication module allowing his system to verify the identity and authenticate visitors against the blockchain. The process could be made seamless for the user via browser plug-in for challenge/response authentication, or token based a la OAuth. The website owner would never need to store the users credentials.

I believe what you're proposing, in particular, decentralized content could coexist and benefit preexisting non-p2p systems.

I'm doing some work in this area, have been hacking on Bitcoin's P2P protocol. Ping me if anyone wants to discuss further, hopefully outside the fray of the ANN thread!

I beg for a moderated thread.
Posts like these are getting lost in this one.

This thread can stay open and run in parallel with the moderated one. The FUD vs hype battle can continue here.
But please give us a moderated thread as well.

Let's just start one. Create it, copy and paste all the OP stuff over and go from there.

I seriously considered it and started typing it up... but it will be better if the person who creates it is called Silkcoin. Or Wulf would be believable as well. My name is not recognized as part of Silkcoin team (because I'm not).

The cons to having a moderated thread: avoidance of criticism and stifling of debate.
The pros: actually being able to have criticism and debate.

This thread has become unpleasant mostly through the efforts of a failed extortionist.
It doesn't matter in the long run but it is a shame for people like me who are interested in the development. If all the interesting discussions move to PM then I won't be able to follow!