More Frequently Asked Questions...Are Keyhotee IDs transferable? Every corporate name seems up for grabs, and my understanding is that name squatters now get prosecuted. If I purchased "IBM" or "Microsoft" then is there a way that I could transfer the ID if I wanted to or was ordered by a court to? If you want to make money off the names then you could consider guarding against use of corporate names like "IBM". Not sure how to do that, but it seems like asking for trouble if you don't.
No. They are locked in the genesis block forever as a monument to the Noble Founders who gave Keyhotee to the world.
Keyhotee IDs, like email addresses, are for personal names, not corporate names. DomainNames is for corporate identities associated with an IP address and they have their own set of rules. There is nothing to stop someone from using any combination of characters for their Keyhotee IDs. The fiat world does not rule free space.
Since Keyhotee IDs are locked in the genesis block of a block chain controlled by the entire community, it will be impossible for anyone to order it changed. That's the whole point of freedom engineering.
I'm concerned about the "pull ranks" comments. It seems more like an unequal caste system being built than a equality-under-the-law system. How about if the ruling caste at least give a list of names in advance that no other shall claim so that we know everything else is up for grabs?
Perhaps an unfortunate choice of words. "Rank" was just our shorthand for the rank ordering of Founders by size of contribution for several purposes:
- Resolving collisions. When a name is desired by more than one person we feel that it should go to the person who values it the most, i.e. the highest bidder. Ties are broken by who bid first.
- Good citizen points. The more generous someone has been in contributing to the Keyhotee vision, the less likely they are to be a scammer. This is only one small part of a reputation that must be built up of many components. See my earlier posts on this topic.
- Sponsor Billing. It is common for those who sponsor any enterprise or event to be given top billing proportional to the size of their contribution. So, wherever we list them for recognition purposes, it will be in conventional top billing order. (Of course, only those specifically requesting to be listed will be included. Keyhotee IDs are anonymous by default. Privacy is freedom.)
Better yet would be if you let bitSharesTalk.org be used to reserve names that have the option to be purchased for 10 PTS by a certain date. "bytemaster" and "Stan" would get first dibbs on their IDs by the same rules as the rest of us. No need to create an unjust system with resentment and worry. People will still need to pay a fixed amount to get a Keyhotee ID for their forum ID or else it can be purchased by someone else at highest market price. The owner of the forum ID can pay a base price and need not fear being outbid or having "ranks pulled".
We will apply the same rules to everybody, including ourselves. Those rules are that the greater the contribution, the higher the priority in the case of a conflict. If someone makes a donation greater than one of our investors, they will have priority over that investor. (Go ahead, make our day.
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I'm concerned about these closed bids being opened to a round of open bidding late in the cycle. If the point is to maximize your ability to sell names then you'll accomplish that; however, people already resent how quickly mining became unprofitable and this just grows resentment. You want this to be more than a sandbox that a few privileged play in then you should provide and low barriers with equal opportunity. Opportunities for participants and not just the elite caste and mining farmers.
There will be no round of open bidding. You can add to your "sealed bid" at any time before Christmas Eve but we can't have an auction for several practical reasons:
- We can't spend time on that, we have a whole world to change.
- Publishing a list of names would unfairly reveal somebody's clever name to others who wouldn't have thought of it.
- Many people naturally want their names to remain private. Why publish a "spam me" list?
In the end, the Keyhotee Founder ID promotion is intended to generate interest and raise funds to advance the whole ecosystem for everybody's benefit. Founder ID's are just a small way for us to say thank you for the people who want to do that.