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		ryan-c on July 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open Name System: Extending DNS with the Blockchai... This thing runs on Namecoin, though that is buried in the documentation.

eric_bullington on July 23, 2014 | [–]

Ah, you're right. I thought they had moved to the Bitcoin blockchain. But that's a whole can of worms, so it's probably best they stay on Namecoin.

Bar the big incident last year (which it did recover from), Namecoin has been pretty stable.

wcummings on July 24, 2014 | [–]

Buried on the front page

ryan-c on July 24, 2014 | [–]

Wasn't mentioned at all when my previous comment was posted.

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