Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3556259 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 04:12:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from forward3.bravehost.com (forward3.bravehost.com [65.39.211.70]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAB933F4 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 04:12:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bravehost.com Received: from [10.137.3.35] (lumumba.torservers.net [77.247.181.163]) (Authenticated sender: cannon@cannon-ciota.info) by forward3.bravehost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 419D21257; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:12:31 -0800 (PST) To: mandar mulherkar , Bitcoin Protocol Discussion References: From: CANNON Message-ID: <88db7e18-e290-a81a-7f71-a9a66e564464@cannon-ciota.info> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 04:12:24 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:16:38 +0000 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] A DNS-like decentralized mapping for wallet addresses? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 04:12:36 -0000 On 11/30/2017 10:20 PM, mandar mulherkar via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Hello, > > I am new, so apologies if this has been asked before. > > Here are a few questions to start with - > > I was wondering in terms of mass adoption, instead of long wallet > addresses, maybe there should be a DNS-like decentralized mapping service > to provide a user@crypto address? Check out namecoin, there is also blockstack as someone mentioned, but I personally feel namecoin is technologically better. If do not want a static bitcoin address mapped to a username, could use a stealth address (we need more support for stealth addresses in bitcoin wallets).