Hi, On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:46 PM, j4warren <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm sure this has been discussed before but I haven't been able to find > anything in the archives of this group or twister-dev: why does Twister use > a separate blockchain instead of using Namecoins? > > First reason: i wasn't aware of Namecoin at that time :-) it might sound just an excuse for the Not Invented Here (NIH) syndrome but the truth is that i was in a quite advanced stage of twister development when i first heard about Namecoin. Then, there is the second reason: i don't think registering a twister name should involve money, or going to an exchange etc. I wanted to have the account creation process as hassle-free as possible. Going to an exchange also makes anonymity harder. Of course, twister account creation does involve some costs, in the sense that there is some computing resources required. This is ok and user is able to waste this amount of electricity privately, within his own computer. However, compared to mining a Namecoin block, this cost is minimal. One might obtain very good anonymity from namecoin if he manages to mine his own block, but this is kind of stupid (mining $50 just to buy a $.01 name). (There are not just good reasons, but these are the main points) Disclaimer: I'm not a namecoin specialist, far from it. Feel free to correct me above. > A related question: Is it possible to post to the Twister torrent cloud > using a public key instead of a name registered in the blockchain? If > Twister were forked to use the Namecoin blockchain, would there be any > possibility of interoperability? (I'm not planning on doing any of this, > just curious.) > > Torrent members check the signature of each piece they receive. So if the pieces are not signed by the registered user's key they are refused. regards, Miguel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "twister-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
