[messaging] Namecoin

[Tony Arcieri]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Tao Effect <contact at taoeffect.com> wrote:

> Compounding this problem is the desire to prevent key compromise in
> Bitcoin-like systems via the use of multisignature trust and trusted third
> parties which sign-off on certain operations. This approach centralizes
> authority, in which case a consensus-based system like Ripple with trusted
> gateways could be used instead. If it were, it'd be much more efficient,
> and arguably have better security properties.
>
>
> I'd rather chance DPOS to address efficiency concerns
>

I'm mainly concerned with the key compromise problem here, and while I was
referencing Bitcoin, Namecoin is a much more interesting case, since names
are intangible assets, as opposed to a fungible commodity like Bitcoin

-- 
Tony Arcieri
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