Namecoin - A trust anchor for the Internet.
Namecoin is an experimental open-source technology which improves decentralization, security, censorship resistance, privacy, and speed of certain components of the Internet infrastructure such as DNS and identities.
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Basics
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KYC | N/A |
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White Paper | View/Download |
About
What can Namecoin be used for?
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Protect free-speech rights online by making the web more resistant to censorship.
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Attach identity information such as GPG and OTR keys and email, Bitcoin, and Bitmessage addresses to an identity of your choice.
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Human-meaningful Tor .onion domains.
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Decentralized TLS (HTTPS) certificate validation, backed by blockchain consensus.
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Access websites using the .bit top-level domain.
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Proposed ideas such as file signatures, voting, bonds/stocks/shares, web of trust, notary services, and proof of existence. (To be implemented.)