From c1eade8376e50b4df6bfee38f687ab52d12a7eac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yanmaani <68476452+yanmaani@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:23:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Reword lede --- index.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index 24e7c60d5..8d6a034ca 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ title: Namecoin {::options parse_block_html="true" /} -**Namecoin** is an experimental open-source technology which improves decentralization, security, censorship resistance, privacy, and speed of certain components of the Internet infrastructure such as DNS and identities. - -(For the technically minded, Namecoin is a key/value pair registration and transfer system based on the Bitcoin technology.) - -*Bitcoin frees money – Namecoin frees DNS, identities, and other technologies.* +**Namecoin** is a peer-to-peer naming system, like DNS. It is secure, censorship-resistant, and human-readable. Namecoins are also the decentralized currency (based on Bitcoin) that are used to buy these names. It was the first altcoin, with development started in 2011.