I think our preferred approach is to make the issuer account name prominent in the user interface.
Cant we do both.
I think there is no good reason to allow me to register bitstamp.ZAR and the only reason I would do this is to scam people.
Why not remove that possibility.
I am looking to issue some UIAs and am therefore discovering what I would really like as a user.
Also if UIAs can float to establish any market pair, wouldnt they be distributed within the network making it difficult for users to find and know what are TRUE UIAs.
EDIT: also, each time a new cryptocurrency comes out that Bitstamp may wish to integrate with they would need to rush over to Bitshares and squat bitstamp.new_cryptocurrency before the scammer gets to it.