0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kandycoder 29 Jan 2023 \ parent \ on: The ICANN Domain Problem, Solved With Nostr? nostr
I've been toying with an idea that changes the paradigm with respect to the two critical problems mentioned above: Just allow multiple registrations of the same name, and let the user disambiguate, and allow the user to "pin" the one that is relevant.
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Squatting would probably be solved, because common names that are over-registered would intrinsically lose value.
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Scamming might be solved, if people could distinguish by popularity rating.
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Relay records could be kept truthful by requiring updates to be signed by the owner as determined by the Bitcoin blockchain.
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This solves the problem of lost keys, because a new registration could simply replace an old one, and eventually the old one would become stale and drop out of relevance. (Of course such things as the popularity rating would restart, but that's probably a good punishment for losing one's keys.)
what is the benefit of "registering" a name then? why not simply have users share their keys wherever they would have shared their name, and have the name embedded in the key? e.g. if I go to your profile here on stackernews and see you've shared your nostr key, then when I import it into my nostr client you could be added to my address book as "kandycoder".
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