> I'm confused about the problem we're trying to solve. I was in brmlab and wanted to pay 1 BTC for a Club Mate. They had on the wall a picture of their QR code and a bitcoin address. I don't own a mobile phone so the QR code is useless. Then I remembered FirstBits, went to my terminal and typed 1brmlab. I got their bitcoin address from the website and copied that, then opened my terminal and pasted that in to send 1 BTC.
And these proposals for Namecoin, would make bitcoin implementations dependent on unproven technology. HTTPS/DNSSEC have been around a long time and are responsible for many mission critical systems. There's a lot of momentum behind those projects. Namecoin by contrast, could die tomorrow. And it isn't a big deal that they're centralised. This is a convenience for end users and does not affect the core system much. tl;dr: usability ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Systems Optimization Self Assessment Improve efficiency and utilization of IT resources. Drive out cost and improve service delivery. Take 5 minutes to use this Systems Optimization Self Assessment. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51450054/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
