that could help only in case of relatively fair game, if all rules of crypto ethics are broken, and Coinmarketcap, pools, exchanges would list a NMC chain forked from the block in 2013, and delist current NMC, checkpoints in the delisted chain could only save the chain itself, but the chain would be not main one, and coins would be useless if pools and exchanges would prefer a "revived" chain, one from Coinmarketcap

If it is New Lucky, then it is incorrect to use the same name, symbol, logo and story.
To say nothing of taking over old Luckycoin web domains and editing old Coinmarketcap listing. If the coin is new, then it is incorrect that domains, story, name, logo are not new and the same one with original LKY, no matter died it or dormant.

Just to clarify that.
A lot really changed for LKY holders. In 2014-2024 even if Luckycoin was not active during last years, still there were expectations that one day the project will be continued in a fair way, from the latest mined block.

There was a single chain operating since 2013, one of the oldest chain. Investors and miners were interested in the story of Luckycoin, they were investing exactly in what now is being again promoted as the same concept, with the same logo, name and domains, but with all coins accumulated since Nov 25, 2013 disappeared in the new chain. Now there is no hope that someday the real historical project will be alive, because all its recognized attributes are stolen, replaced with fake Luckycoin, which was forked deliberately from the point deep in the past (11 years ago). It is just a double spend-like activity, and also a theft of attributes of dormant LKY project. It could be called "revival" only if the entire chain would be saved and continued from the latest block.

It is not a revival now, it is just fraud which could happen to many coins and blockchains. If crypto community would not stop this practice, it discredits the entire idea of immutability of crypto.


Anyway agree with you that it is off-topic a little here, we can discuss it in LKY ANN thread. On-topic my concern though is that some other historical chains like NMC could be a target of similar attack one day, not right now maybe, not in exactly the same way probably, but all holders of legendary coins should be aware of possible activities of scammers controlling a lot of hashrate and dreaming of making easy money out of stealing history, years of faith and hope.

Glad to hear that a legend like yourself is not involved with the fraud. I can confirm in fact you were the first who informed in this forum about what happened to Luckycoin this autumn, to aware people of that.

It had been running for many years until some point when it became untracked.

Well, I'm still not convinced that if my NMC holdings one day would become NMCClassic, while attackers would benefit from fake NMC on pools and exchanges and sell their fake coins to people who would be convinced by them that it's the only one "true" and "revived" Namecoin - that it is a normal way of how crypto works.

Even if NMC is not dormant right now, at some point in future it could face stagnation, when block explorers are not renewed or exchanges delist it if the volume is low, and that could be ideal point for attackers to convince that their NMC (forked, for example, from some point in 2013 before they sold it and had a lot in their wallets) is real, updated NMC, listed by them on pools, cool exchanges, aggregator sites.

The solution could be to recognize this kind of scams and not accept them, be it submitted to CMC or other aggregator sites, or pools, or exchanges. We need serious projects that can investigate the crypto scene, recognize and report fast to community these fraudulent activities, even if they are hidden under a mask of good. Anyway thank you for discussing, long live NMC!

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 Merry christmas to you all 

Need more developer for the Namecoin.
We are currently relying on a small number of developers..

Yes, after 10 years we are in the same place, bar a few upgrades to the latest bitcoin codebase.
but most importantly, we need side-projects and exchange listings.

IDK but is so hard for Bio or Domob to just apply on several exchanges and come back here and say "exchange x asked for x money and exchange Y, Z. and post a donating address for each on the website. or even here ?

i think Bio is taking it too far by requesting small changes to the website be done thru github.
Because any non-programmer will probably put off by that. it's too dificult.

He could at least put several polls about the direction of the coin.
And more exchange listings is a no-brainer.!

Your point about continuous on-chain history is well taken, it's one of the major strengths of projects like Namecoin. The lack of integrity in some of these so-called 'revivals' is a huge issue, especially when they recycle branding and logos to mislead users. It's frustrating how this kind of behavior undermines trust in the broader crypto space.

That said, the idea of merge-mining with BTC is definitely one of Namecoin's key advantages, but I wonder if its practical utility has been fully realized. Aside from security, do you think there's more that could be done to emphasize Namecoin's unique features, like its role in decentralized naming systems? It feels like it deserves more attention than it's getting

If Namecoin were listed on binance, it would go to $1000.