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General Discussion / Re: BTS: .P2P .DAC - Decentralized DNS using the BitShares blockchain!
« on: May 13, 2015, 07:27:30 pm »
Hey Indo
Great comments, and no, we'll never have a consensus about "squatting," whatever that means to the individual reader. Your view and mine are closer than most I think. There are multiple behaviors that always seem to get lumped into this generic bag called squatting. They should be dealt with differently, as they are in the conventional system. How much of a problem the respective behaviors are is a matter of opinion, but each has its unique set of edge cases to be accounted for.
As for fighting "squatting" I personally don't think any of this is necessary. I think the only thing that *should* be done is to hold back the best names, as the conventional registry operators do. Not to prevent them from being registered, but simply because a lot of money can be made selling them for high prices. But almost everyone here disagrees, and thinks squatting is a huge problem, so I simply wanted to say that there are so many easy things you can do to make it less desirable.
My point about the speedy registration times was that it's a distinguishing feature Bitshares can offer that competitors cannot. The original project had the "anti-squatting" mechanism (auctions) touted as the primary thing that was different. So I tried to make the point that offering "instant registrations" is a better differentiator. First time registrants are often eager to get started. And paired with some really basic DIY web page builder they can register a name and have a simple site built and resolving in minutes. Not hours. No other potential competitor can offer this to my knowledge.
This chain is fast, and that fact should be exploited. Play the cards you're dealt right? It's also more centralized, and I think that can be used to great advantage in designing certain system features as well.
Great comments, and no, we'll never have a consensus about "squatting," whatever that means to the individual reader. Your view and mine are closer than most I think. There are multiple behaviors that always seem to get lumped into this generic bag called squatting. They should be dealt with differently, as they are in the conventional system. How much of a problem the respective behaviors are is a matter of opinion, but each has its unique set of edge cases to be accounted for.
As for fighting "squatting" I personally don't think any of this is necessary. I think the only thing that *should* be done is to hold back the best names, as the conventional registry operators do. Not to prevent them from being registered, but simply because a lot of money can be made selling them for high prices. But almost everyone here disagrees, and thinks squatting is a huge problem, so I simply wanted to say that there are so many easy things you can do to make it less desirable.
My point about the speedy registration times was that it's a distinguishing feature Bitshares can offer that competitors cannot. The original project had the "anti-squatting" mechanism (auctions) touted as the primary thing that was different. So I tried to make the point that offering "instant registrations" is a better differentiator. First time registrants are often eager to get started. And paired with some really basic DIY web page builder they can register a name and have a simple site built and resolving in minutes. Not hours. No other potential competitor can offer this to my knowledge.
This chain is fast, and that fact should be exploited. Play the cards you're dealt right? It's also more centralized, and I think that can be used to great advantage in designing certain system features as well.