Quote from: favdesu on June 08, 2015, 06:25:22 PM

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

please elaborate. does that mean our current account names will be gone with the new version?

Existing names are grandfathered in - unchanged.

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Quote from: favdesu on June 08, 2015, 06:25:22 PM
please elaborate. does that mean our current account names will be gone with the new version?

I think it will mean that your name will be changed from 'favdesu' to something like 'legacy_favdesu'.  (Or some other prefix).

So you'll still have your name with your BTS, but the current account name squatters wont get good names in the new system, so that the name 'google' can actually be auctioned off and provide revenue to Bitshares, instead of being squatted by whoever got it first.   Thats my understanding at least.

Quote from: favdesu on June 08, 2015, 06:25:22 PM

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

please elaborate. does that mean our current account names will be gone with the new version?

They will be migrated, check out the migration strategy blog post for more details: http://bitshares.github.io/blog/2015/06/08/migrating-to-bitshares-2.0/

Quote from: favdesu on June 08, 2015, 06:25:22 PM

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

please elaborate. does that mean our current account names will be gone with the new version?

It is all covered in the migration page.   All current account names migrate as-is.   Any new names that are no "premium" also migrate as is.  Premium names are names with fewer than 8 characters and no numbers.

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:15:37 PM

Quote from: luckybit on June 08, 2015, 06:12:41 PM

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:02:23 PM
http://bitshares.github.io/blog/2015/06/08/announcing-bitshares-2.0/

We will be having a Mumble session at 4 PM EST today to discuss the latest news.   

bitshares.org will be updated shortly to point at http://bitshares.github.io

I would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible!

How is it 2.0 when we don't even have 1.0?

1.0 will have a very short shelf life.   This isn't the same code base as BitShares 0.9.x so calling it 1.0 wouldn't do it justice.   It is all just a naming convention anyway.

Months ago we realized that the Graphene Toolkit (in R&D at the time) was going to blow the BitShares Toolkit out of the water.  This is why no 1.0 came out.  We were focusing on getting to 2.0 at flank speed - with our heads down and our mouths shut.  Graphene is re-engineered from the ground up - it is not a mere polishing of the current code, as 1.0 would imply.

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

please elaborate. does that mean our current account names will be gone with the new version?

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:23:39 PM

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

but once the migration occurs such a race will happen?

Perhaps, but quality names will cost much more. 

Quote from: Gentso1 on June 08, 2015, 06:19:34 PM
Who owns  Cryptonomex Inc?

What happens to I3?

Care to let us know about any partners involved with  Cryptonomex Inc?

Cryptonomex is mostly "employee owned" and exists with approval of I3 shareholders. 

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

but once the migration occurs such a race will happen?

By the way this all looks fantastic. Whoever's expectations aren't met by this is just an outright troll.

Quote from: bytemaster on June 08, 2015, 06:18:59 PM

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

And then all new, valuable names will be auctioned off, so we dont have the problem of squatters trying to take the name of every company, website, and famous person, correct?

Every other DNS naming system is overrun by these squatters, and it prevents the system from having any chance of catching on.

Who owns  Cryptonomex Inc?

What happens to I3?

Care to let us know about any partners involved with  Cryptonomex Inc?

Quote from: merockstar on June 08, 2015, 06:17:44 PM
oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?

all names registered after today will have a prefix appended to them.

That TODO item got lost in the rush to get this info out.

New site is so top shelf beautiful. Its simple. This is great. 

oh my goodness this is all gonna take my feeble mind a while to digest.

am I understanding this one small part correctly, is there going to be a race for valuable account names for DNS purposes?