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[Calum McAlinden <calum AT mcalinden.me.uk>]

Supporting .bit could attract some users to OpenNIC, and also provide
additional benefits to current OpenNIC users wishing to resolve more
alt TLDs.

I understand that a benefit of Namecoin is its decentralised nature.
This would be undermined if OpenNIC supported it by "bridging" DNS,
and the Namecoin protocol, through a central tier 1 server.  However,

- downloading 1.75 GB and running a client making constant use of the
internet through p2p, is not an option for some. This could be due to
the device being used, or poor internet connectivity.
- Namecoin setup normally involves users manually installing and
configuring dnsmasq locally to resolve .bit domains, which is out of
the comfort zone for most.

Could we have a vote on this? Or are people generally not interested,
in which case I'll shut up? :)