Opera To Support Sites Using the .Crypto Top-Level Domain (theregister.co.uk)
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Opera has updated its lightweight browser for Android so that it can access unofficial .crypto domains, primarily to exchange cryptocurrency. The Register reports: Support for .crypto in Opera will "bring the blockchain-browsing experience to a new level," the Norwegian software maker gushed on Monday. Crucially, dot-crypto simply doesn't exist in the global domain name system, and is not recognized by DNS overseer ICANN nor the world's DNS resolvers. It is a renegade generic top-level domain masterminded by Unstoppable Domains.
By using a domain, such as sendmemoneee.crypto, linked to a blockchain, sending and receiving cryptocurrency becomes much easier as you only need to recall a domain name (ending in .crypto) rather than a long wallet ID. In its effort to carve a niche in the browser market, Opera has been embracing cryptocurrency. Back in December 2018, it added a built-in crypto wallet to its Android browser and then later to its desktop browser. It then extended that to allow for purchases with cryptocurrency. As such, adding a simple addressing system makes sense. It is also a vote of confidence in Unstoppable Domains and Ethereum's alternate root approach.
By using a domain, such as sendmemoneee.crypto, linked to a blockchain, sending and receiving cryptocurrency becomes much easier as you only need to recall a domain name (ending in .crypto) rather than a long wallet ID. In its effort to carve a niche in the browser market, Opera has been embracing cryptocurrency. Back in December 2018, it added a built-in crypto wallet to its Android browser and then later to its desktop browser. It then extended that to allow for purchases with cryptocurrency. As such, adding a simple addressing system makes sense. It is also a vote of confidence in Unstoppable Domains and Ethereum's alternate root approach.
Stop fucking with DNS. (Score:3)
Stick to the fucking standard.
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do we really want DNS anarchy?
Of COURSE not. Instead of just a single word, let's place whole sentences there. And in JULY we'll enable Unicode just to make everything change again. You can comment at:
www.me.It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times
... and at:
www.me.âoeWell, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you donâ(TM)t tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichristâ"I really bel
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yesto.arnarchyallthethings.coolzone.gns
Thanks for Assisting Ransomware! (Score:4, Informative)
Cryptocurrency == Ransomware.
Pure. And. Simple.
It's not "Fuck the Man". It's "Fuck the People".
Die.Cryptocurrency.Die.Die.Die
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Cryptocurrency is not ransomware. As with everything, evil people will absuse anything they can get their hands on. You might as well say that computers are only made for hacking, or that cars can only be used as weapons to kill others.
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Let's try this with a little less frothing at the mouth and more argument, shall we?
Is it a kind of scam? Probably. But if the creator of bitcoins wanted to cash in, he already did when they hit the 20 grand apiece, because that's about as high as they ever got and ever will again, so that ship has sailed. Bitcoins right now is mostly a circle jerk of people who are so deeply invested in it that they can't get back out without realizing a huge loss, what's left is those who need to buy some to pay for ranso
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*Rolls eyes* Like central banks have done a great job with currencies?
Let a thousand coins bloom. As long as you can buy and sell freely to get an immediate feedback as to value and stability. Bitcoin was a good first draft, but now quite what was needed, or only part of a full solution.
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You're right that control of money is control of society, but it doesn't follow that means governments ought to control the money.
Great idea! (Score:2)
I have already secured the date.crypto [date.crypto] domain, which I will use to provide blockchain-validated dates, solving the age-old problem of date succession validation.
Say you have two consecutive dates, like for example March 31 and April 2, how can you be sure that one follows the other? The answer is blockchain, of course. If anyone tries to sneak in an additional date between those two, the hashes will fail. No longer will we have to suffer under substandard dates, thanks to the power of blockchain.