On 2015-02-08 03:39, David Englund wrote:
Should the FreeSpeechMe add-on be part of the icecat package?
FreeSpeechMe is a Free Software plug-in for [IceCat] that allows
people to effortlessly view Dot-Bit websites. It works on GNU/Linux
and Windows. Dot-Bit (.bit) is a new top-level domain that, unlike
Dot-Com, Dot-Net, Dot-UK, etc., is NOT controlled by any government or
corporation. FreeSpeechMe works over the distributed blockchain of the
inexpensive cryptocurrency, Namecoin (a derivative of BitCoin).
Namecoin is not generally traded as currency. It exists primarily for
the purpose of decentralized DNS.
Free Software Directory: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FreeSpeechMe
Homepage: http://bit.namecoin.info/freespeechme.html
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bit about .bit:
*.bit* is a top-level domain
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain> that was created
outside the most commonly used domain name system
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system> of the Internet
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>, and is not sanctioned by
ICANN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN>. The .bit domain is served
via the Namecoin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin>
infrastructure, which acts as an alternative, decentralized
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized> domain name system.^[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bit#cite_note-desk1-1> Use of the .bit
domain requires a copy of the Namecoin blockchain, a supporting public
DNS server, or a web browser plug-in.
In February 2014, a beta version of a Windows/Linux Firefox plug-in
called FreeSpeechMe was released that allows automated resolution of
.bit addresses, by downloading the Namecoin block chain and running it
in the background.^[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bit#cite_note-2>
OpenNIC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNIC>'s DNS servers also
support resolution of .bit domains.
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