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This is a great proposal. DNS is probably internet's biggest weakness and making it decentralized should be a top priority.

I haven't adopted Namecoin yet, but i still will when this is implemented.

I don't really see why dns shouldn't just be a personal address book of names -> ips plus pointers to address books of other people you trust.

I don't think it's such a big deal to have names that aren't agreed by everyone across the world.

Because it's really convenient to communicate them to people in contexts where they can't just click a link. Perhaps telling someone a URL in conversation, or on a billboard or magazine.

I think you just reinvented the "hosts" file there.

You should look into GNS, GNUNet's DNS alternative.

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