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Link bullet points in "What can Namecoin be used for?" list
This would also be a good litmus test for what's actually worth putting there (exists in real life) and what isn't (puffery).
- Delete Protect free-speech rights online by making the web more resistant to censorship. Too vague, nowhere to link
- Attach identity information such as GPG and OTR keys and email, Bitcoin, and Bitmessage addresses to an identity of your choice. name-id, if that's still a thing
- Human-meaningful Tor .onion domains. Tor Browser tutorial
- Decentralized TLS (HTTPS) certificate validation, backed by blockchain consensus. Lots of resources about this
- Access websites using the .bit top-level domain. Namecoin alone can't be used for this, but it could be a link to ncdns
- Delete Proposed ideas such as file signatures, voting, bonds/stocks/shares, web of trust, notary services, and proof of existence. (To be implemented.) Does not exist
The applicable links might be:
- https://nameid.org/
- https://www.namecoin.org/resources/presentations/36C3/tor-workshop/
- https://www.namecoin.org/docs/tls-client/firefox/windows/
- https://www.namecoin.org/docs/ncdns/