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<div class="post">I've now studied the theymos/nanotube spec in more depth, and my questions and comments are starting to flow.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1790.msg27932#msg27932">Quote from: theymos on December 08, 2010, 12:37:24 AM</a></div><div class="quote">The left-most part has to stay the same. "theymos.btc" can be changed to "theymos.bc". Everything but the left-most part is advisory: "theymos.btc" can actually appear as "theymos.btcdns". In particular, if someone registers a top-level domain such as "theymos.", most servers will probably map it to "theymos.btc" or something.<br/></div><br/>I really don't get this. What's the point of having a "right-hand-side" if it is advisory? The user doesn't want to have to type <i>theymos.bc</i> into their browser when they're at an internet cafe that uses one DNS, but have to type <i>theymos.btcdns</i> into their browser at home if their ISP uses a different DNS. And if they just type "<i>theymos</i>", what if they are on a LAN that has a node called theymos?<br/><br/>Any default right-hand-side should be explicit in the spec. Also, I don't think something hard-to-pronounce like ".btcdns" is going to work with the public. Can you imagine TV ads saying "go to walmart dot bee tee see dee en ess"?<br/><br/>In the initial phase at least, I suggest that all names registered should be of the form <i><b>something.domain</b></i><br/><br/>I propose "<b>.domain</b>" for this purpose because it's generic and pronounceable. It also somewhat cheekily implies that this is the ultimate all-encompasing domain name registration system.<br/><br/>Three advantages:<br/><br/><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li>This establishes clear branding.</li><li>It helps to keep the system simple, so that we can easily describe how to get up-and-running with these newfangled names.</li><li>It avoids any clashes with existing domain names.</li></ul><br/>If people prefer to go for something more ambitious, I suggest that all names registered should be of the form <b><i>something.tld</i></b> where <b>.tld</b> can be anything of three or more characters except for existing recognised top level domains. So you could register <i>hamburger.red</i> or <i>silly.fool</i> but not <i>zebra.com</i></div> text/html
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