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rxl

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About rxl

Co-founder, Onename (http://onename.com)

verifying that +ryanshea is my openname (https://onename.com/ryanshea)

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    Thanks! Really appreciate it. 1. The replication factor of the DHT is set to be high. 2. We'll be committed to seeding the network and will work with others to have them run nodes.…

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    Bitcoin technically has the capability to store at least 1K bytes per transaction using multi-sig outputs. 66 bytes per output * 15 possible outputs (for standard transactions) = 1…

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    Comment #7376283

    Hey Thomas, thanks for your comments. 1) Every username system has some limitation on usernames. Look at Twitter. There are 650 million twitter users, and all of them picked userna…

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    Comment #7375836

    Hey, thanks for the feedback! I love your pgp-messenger idea - you should do it! And you're right - the pretty front end is a big component. Two things, though - 1) we're working o…

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    Comment #7374747

    Yes, when importing the private key into Namecoin-Qt, it needs to be in wallet import format. Make sure it's a Namecoin WIF, though. You might find this library helpful: https://gi…

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    Comment #7374736

    No this is a feature. Big profiles (larger than 519 bytes) are chunked into multiple key-value entries in the blockchain. The "head" chunk has a next pointer to the next chunk and …

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    Comment #7374617

    Apologies for the delay! We are trying really hard to handle the barrage of incoming requests and will get back to you shortly!

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    Comment #7374610

    We're working on a profile updating tool for the typical user and should have it out in the next couple of days. In the meantime, if you're somewhat tech savvy, you can update your…

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    We don't have your private key, and so we have you write down a passphrase that can derive the key (sha256(passphrase)). In addition, we have a last resort mechanism to help you re…

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    Comment #7374273

    Yes, we want to support Dogecoin soon. One simple thing we need, though, is an icon similar to the fontawesome bitcoin icon.

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    Comment #7374257

    A login system is definitely on the roadmap! We just decided to focus on the initial usecase of bitcoin payments. You're right, the global namespace very well might get crowded, bu…

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    Comment #7374238

    Include the spaces. Exactly as it appeared.