namecoin

Decentralized, open DNS and general purpose key/value store

Namecoin is an open source decentralized key/value registration and transfer system based on Bitcoin technology (a decentralized cryptocurrency). It allows you to: * Securely register and transfer arbitrary names (keys), no possible censorship! * Attach values (data) to the names (currently up to 520 bytes, will be extended) * Trade and transact namecoins, the digital currency NMC To register a name, you must own some namecoins (NMC, the internal cryptocurrency used by the software).