<p>Namecoins are a separate implementation of the bitcoin protocol.</p>

<p>It is designed around the ability to use a blockchain to store information about namespaces for domains so once configured, a DNS could route traffic to a specific server.</p>

<p>The extension for these domains are currently .bit but this can be expanded at a later date.</p>

<p>Namecoin uses merged mining. No extra effort is required (the hash is checked against both chains).</p>

<p>More information can be found out at <a href="http://namecoin.info" rel="nofollow">http://namecoin.info</a></p>

<p>Questions about the protocol are welcome here also.</p>

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2013-12-18T10:46:32.180Z
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MaxSan
<p>I just stared in the bitcoin world and my bitcoin pool says I have :</p>

<pre><code>Bitcoins    0.00000277
Namecoins   0.00000864 
</code></pre>

<p>What exactly that means Namecoins mean? Is there any extra effort to process those Namecoins?</p>

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What Namecoins are used for?
douglaslps
# What Namecoins are used for?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-18)

I just stared in the bitcoin world and my bitcoin pool says I have :

```
Bitcoins    0.00000277
Namecoins   0.00000864 

```

What exactly that means Namecoins mean? Is there any extra effort to process those Namecoins?

**Tags:** mining-pools


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Namecoins are a separate implementation of the bitcoin protocol.

It is designed around the ability to use a blockchain to store information about namespaces for domains so once configured, a DNS could route traffic to a specific server.

The extension for these domains are currently .bit but this can be expanded at a later date.

Namecoin uses merged mining. No extra effort is required (the hash is checked against both chains).

More information can be found out at <http://namecoin.info>

Questions about the protocol are welcome here also.


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