Namecoin is a decentralized key/value registration and transfer system based on Bitcoin technology (a decentralized cryptocurrency).

It can be used for multiple purposes, for example a secure and censorship resistant replacement for DNS.

Ownership of a name is based on ownership of a coin, which is in turn based on public key cryptography. The namecoin network reaches consensus every few minutes as to which names have been reserved or updated.

There is a FAQ.md to answer some general questions.

See http://namecoin.info or http://dot-bit.org for more information.

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Name	Namecoin
Symbol / Tag	NMC
Website Namecoin Wallet download	http://namecoin.info/
Github / Source Code	Github
Forum	Namecoin Forum
Namecoin Wallet Version Client Version	0.3.80 Get Info RPC Version: 38000 Protocol Version: Wallet Version:
Status	Healthy
Connections	8
Hash Algorithm	SHA-256
Proof-of-Work Scheme	Proof-of-Work
Coins to be Issued	21,000,000
Block Time	10.00 minute(s)
Block Reward	25.00coins
Block Count	229,656
Namecoin Difficulty	14809292723.4866
Difficulty Retarget	2,016 blocks