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Namecoin is an experimental open-source technology that improves decentralization, security, censorship resistance, privacy, and speed of certain components of the Internet infrastructure such as DNS and identities. It is a key/value pair registration and transfer system based on the Bitcoin technology.
You can use Namecoin software to register names and store associated values in the blockchain, a shared database distributed by a P2P network in a secure way. The software can then be used to query the database and retrieve data.
Namecoin Core is the port of Bitcoin Core to Namecoin. Namecoin Core is a fully validating node, is reproducibly built, and supports Tor. You can download Namecoin Core at the Downloads page.
You can use Namecoin software to register names and store associated values in the blockchain, a shared database distributed by a P2P network in a secure way. The software can then be used to query the database and retrieve data.
Namecoin Core is the port of Bitcoin Core to Namecoin. Namecoin Core is a fully validating node, is reproducibly built, and supports Tor. You can download Namecoin Core at the Downloads page.
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Germany, Saxony
Mentions in press and media 3
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| Mar 24, 2022 | Сыграем в ещё одну игру, дорогой друг? | Не прошло и года, а у нас уже вовсю идёт новый хакерский квест. В этот раз мы не стали делать явного анонса и пошли по более интересному пути, с привлечением аудитории извне. Рояль, азот и котики показался нам слишком простым и было принято... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | NFTs Revive Dot-Com Era Hype Over Domain Names | Non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs, are reigniting a late 1990s tech trend – the short and sexy domain name. Similar to the “.com” web craze, the latest fever in cryptocurrency markets has buyers scooping up blockchain domain names, which a... |
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FAQ about Namecoin
What has the press written about Namecoin?
Parsers VC has collected 3 articles mentioning Namecoin, among them “Сыграем в ещё одну игру, дорогой друг?” (Mar 24, 2022) and “NFTs Revive Dot-Com Era Hype Over Domain Names” (Sep 24, 2021).
Is Namecoin still active?
Yes, Namecoin is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 25, 2022.