Re: [GNUnet-developers] GNS domains

[David Barksdale]

I'm in favor of anti-squatting measures but I don't like the idea of
taking money. Maybe a proof of work and proof of stake (in GNUnet). Like
you have to compute a proof of work and store it in the zone you're
registering, and it has to be lookup-able for a couple weeks, before the
name is finally granted. Any better ideas on how to show you're actually
contributing resources to GNUnet?

Maybe even have a continuing requirement or your name expires. I don't
see a problem with expiring names, since you don't have much trust with
the fcfs zone to begin with. If someone is publishing their zone online,
or on a business card, or in their email signature, they would use the
.pkey name, not an fcfs name. The fcfs zone is only good for discovering
zones that may or may not be the one you were looking for, and if you
become confident it was the one you're looking for you store a record
for it in your own zone. And if you absolutely must have
whatever.pin.gnu all you have to do is maintain your zone by updating a
PoW or something. Any ideas about expiring names?


On 02/20/2017 03:30 PM, carlo von lynX wrote:
> The domains do indeed look somewhat neat, but I'm not
> sceptic regarding first-come-first-served systems that
> soon become useless if all cool words and brands are
> squatted.. I think a heuristic what the majority of the
> social network thinks that "CNN" is would be more
> accurate in leading people to a pubsub containing CNN
> content. But if you really want to go for a fcfs way
> you should at least monetize on it by putting a taler-
> based price tag on them which is high enough to avoid
> attracting squatters...
> 
> If it's for free, somebody will start generating pubkeys
> for each word in the dictionary...

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