Namecoin

The first first Altcoin from April 2011. The beginning of Crypto. Namecoin proved Bitcoin could evolve. Crypto reached global adoption thanks to Namecoin.

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

Namecoin is the first Altcoin ever launched in April 2011.

Namecoin made crypto.

Crypto is mainstream now because Namecoin proved Bitcoin could evolve.
All the altcoins we have today: ETH, SOL, LTC, all exist because of Namecoin.

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[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

Namecoin is the first Altcoin
Namecoin made crypto

Crypto is mainstream now because Namecoin proved Bitcoin could evolve.

The biggest OG names in the crypto space respect Namecoin, because they know how important, foundational and essential Namecoin is to the entire ecosystem.

[Charlie Lee Ⓜ️🕸️ @SatoshiLite]

The first altcoin to Bitcoin is actually Namecoin. It used the same mining algorithm as Bitcoin, sha256d. After Namecoin came about a dozen other altcoins: Ixcoin, Iocoin, Solidcoin, Tenebrix, etc. This was all before Litecoin was launched. Every one of these coins are now dead.

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

Satoshi supported Namecoin.

No other coin can say this.

Satoshi was active only when $Namecoin was launched, after that he disappeared.

[Udi Wertheimer @udiWertheimer]

@PeterMcCormack @jillruthcarlson Satoshi supported namecoin. I’m quite positive he’d support some other coins if he were around (hey, no one’s perfect). As I said earlier he’d probably want Vitalik to have a guest post on his blog. Privacy coins too

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

The only coin Satoshi ever supported is $Namecoin

The only crypto coin launched when Satoshi was still active is Namecoin.

There’s no bigger coin in crypto than $Namecoin

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[Udi Wertheimer @udiWertheimer]

@PeterMcCormack @jillruthcarlson Satoshi supported namecoin. I’m quite positive he’d support some other coins if he were around (hey, no one’s perfect). As I said earlier he’d probably want Vitalik to have a guest post on his blog. Privacy coins too

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

The first altcoin to Bitcoin is actually Namecoin.

- Creator of Litecoin ( $LTC )

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[Charlie Lee Ⓜ️🕸️ @SatoshiLite]

The first altcoin to Bitcoin is actually Namecoin. It used the same mining algorithm as Bitcoin, sha256d. After Namecoin came about a dozen other altcoins: Ixcoin, Iocoin, Solidcoin, Tenebrix, etc. This was all before Litecoin was launched. Every one of these coins are now dead.

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

Namecoin is historically significant because it was:

• The first Bitcoin fork.
• The first real-world experiment in blockchain-based identity/naming.
• A proof that Bitcoin’s architecture could be extended beyond money.

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

Namecoin and Bitcoin are deeply connected

Bitcoin would never have gone mainstream if Namecoin didn’t exist

The biggest OG names in the crypto space respect Namecoin, because they know how important, foundational and essential Namecoin is to the entire ecosystem.

[Charlie Lee Ⓜ️🕸️ @SatoshiLite]

The first altcoin to Bitcoin is actually Namecoin. It used the same mining algorithm as Bitcoin, sha256d. After Namecoin came about a dozen other altcoins: Ixcoin, Iocoin, Solidcoin, Tenebrix, etc. This was all before Litecoin was launched. Every one of these coins are now dead.

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

Namecoin is the first and only coin launched during the time of Satoshi being active.

Originally Namecoin was the first ever coin to implement Satoshi's BitBNS concept (offering a decentralized web domain service, launched as NAMEID)

[Namecoin @NameCoin11]

The first ever NFT was created on the Namecoin blockchain.

"Quantum”, a digital artwork created by Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash in May 2014.
It was minted on the Namecoin blockchain, featuring a short looping animation created by Jennifer McCoy. It was sold for $1.4 million in 2021