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@GrandMasterDash
Given the date, I think I have an idea about the why(we were at a team heavy workshop around these dates).
Is the choice of username granted on a first-come-first-serve basis?
At the final state, theses will be unique identifier. There is economics avoiding name-squatting, and decentralized method to handle some very specific cases.
What happens to trademark usernames?
Not a 100% closed topic, but this was one of the biggest discussion that we run since, wow, many months now. I think the solution we found solve the issue around that, but we remain open during DIP process to further improvements.
Don't hesitate to suggest your concern or solution you might have in mind in this thread
Can a username be linked and verified to:
- a domain name
- a phone number
- physical address
- celebrity status
How could a username be linked to a physical address or a phone number ? Well, may be if you create a username being a hex representation of a JSON object where all these data are setup, then it could, but this is clearly a voluntary basis (and I don't recommand such a usage). Don't hesitate to detail more this one.
Can a username be changed or transferred?
We indeed have discussed about that. Any thought you want to share ?
Do usernames have any expiry? What measures are in place to limit username squatting?
Among other stuff, there is economics behind the whole system. It indeed a huge concern as I was myself a typosquatter - thanks SEDO
Can a username / account have sub-names / accounts?
We addressed that question. Any thoughts ?
Is there a structure / format that allow username hierarchy e.g. clearly belonging to a specific business / organization?
We had multiple discussion around that.
Also, there was talk about password-less actions (which sounds great) - that a phone app would prompt to confirm actions such as payments. But what is stopping a spam attack for payment requests / confirmations?
I really hate repeating that, sorry... But we indeed addressed that question;
In general terms, your concerns are awesome, we had the same (among other that you still didn't came up with - yet
There is other type of attack possible, some are more technical, some are tricky).
Obviously, you can imagine that this is clearly part of the reason of why we don't released Evolution yet, you touched here ONE simple subject, and the number of writings done around this subject is quite amazing, but there you can, I think, easily see the complexity behind the whole Evolution system. I think you could really enjoy pushing a little more your question on your head, try to imagine other type of attack, go dirtier, imagine solution we could have find, and try to attack the solution itself. Expends that on other Evolution's aspect. It can be exhausting, but you will love it I can assure you (at least, myself I love that !)
Sadly, and i'm sincere, I can't answer you easily, I can just tell you that none of your questions wasn't discussed (started months ago), and that's why it's important for us to close all these matters at the lastest time possible (which is what we are doing with DIPs it's a way to define final state on those matters). Obviously, I could admit that I would love to have them opened more, but at one point, we need to disclose them for having the community to evaluate, attack etc...
I hope we could count on you on that !
Long story short : We had numerous discussions and we continue to bring new stuff on the table.. The major reason of my unpossibility to answer you is that we want to keep open till the day we publish the DIP, therefore not making any decision on a thread that weren't agreed by all (and I won't ask for full team validation for that post;
But obviously, I still invite you to ask more issues here, I will try to find time to read them and if there is an un-adressed one, I will bring that on the table, but probably you also want to write them down on a document or something, and when DIP are out, try to find them all addressed, therefore if one isn't, then you will be able to post something around that and contribute too !
