Last week we launched nicknames in the Koinos Blockchain and the reception has been so good so far.

If this is the first time you read about it, NICKNAMES is a new project in the Koinos Blockchain with the mission to bring human readable names in the blockchain, similar to the ENS of Ethereum or the accounts in Hive. The main features of nicknames are:

• Safe transfers: No more mispelled errors. Names cannot be similar between them.
• No fees: It's completely free. You don't even need koins to create your account in the blockchain.
• Controlled by the Koinos Governance: After the initial period it will be fully controlled by Koinos Governance to give security and transparency.

For more details see the announcement of the project here: Koinos Nicknames.

New updates

As explained in the introductory post it was expected to apply patches depending on the behaviour of the contract and the community. During the launch, I found that the algorithm to detect similar names was not working correctly and some names that should not exist were created. On the other hand, I noticed that some Hive members didn't have the chance to take their names because they were not properly reserved and another account took many of them.

#1 - Update in the algorithm

The problem in question was related with similar names that had different characters at the beginning, like "casino" and "kasino". Both names are very distant if we order all names alphabetically. However, they are identical after the second char. After many days of work, this algorithm was successfully patched.

At the same time, it was necessary to delete several names created by the community that were invalid. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please take a look to the list of names removed.

Names removed
Hive account@rat, Hive account@john, Hive account@walt, Hive account@audi, Hive account@github, Hive account@gyft, Hive account@amc, Hive account@gmx, Hive account@rewe, Hive account@sbf, Hive account@yan, Hive account@games, Hive account@save, Hive account@ying, Hive account@fren, Hive account@london, Hive account@ping, Hive account@lin, Hive account@cole, Hive account@ooo, Hive account@will, Hive account@black, Hive account@k100, Hive account@h100, Hive account@dust, Hive account@x100, Hive account@ajv, Hive account@lso, Hive account@saleh, Hive account@s11, Hive account@e11, Hive account@kingo, Hive account@wat, Hive account@tron, Hive account@t10, Hive account@v12, Hive account@gro, Hive account@cos, Hive account@tony, Hive account@drake, Hive account@health, Hive account@hack, Hive account@nate, Hive account@casino, Hive account@mars, Hive account@coins, Hive account@milk, Hive account@code, Hive account@w11, Hive account@rm1, Hive account@sd1, Hive account@muk, Hive account@zila, Hive account@jesta, Hive account@klye, Hive account@tokio, Hive account@luna, Hive account@hamed, Hive account@att, Hive account@bro, Hive account@coin, Hive account@dapp, Hive account@dex, Hive account@lambo, Hive account@nft.

Transaction - 380f4e56

#2 - Reserved names for Hive users

• If you are in the following list: Hive account@gtg, Hive account@ezzy, Hive account@smooth, Hive account@arcange, Hive account@pharesim, Hive account@roelandp, Hive account@yabapmatt, Hive account@ausbitbank, Hive account@blocktrades, Hive account@therealwolf, Hive account@themarkymark, Hive account@splinterlands and you would like to claim your name in Koinos, please reply to this post and put your koinos address 😉 The limit to claim these names is October 28th, 2023. If it is not claimed then it will be released to the initial address that took them.

• As a way to prevent further hive account takeovers, I have taken the liberty of reserving some accounts: Hive account@peakd, Hive account@pfunk, Hive account@acidyo, Hive account@detlev, Hive account@haejin, Hive account@aggroed, Hive account@asgarth, Hive account@edicted, Hive account@gadrian, Hive account@tarazkp, Hive account@bluerobo, Hive account@stoodkev, Hive account@timcliff, Hive account@tobetada, Hive account@vimukthi, Hive account@buggedout, Hive account@fredrikaa, Hive account@kevinwong, Hive account@mahdiyari, Hive account@trafalgar, Hive account@transisto, Hive account@anomadsoul, Hive account@emrebeyler, Hive account@good-karma, Hive account@lukestokes, Hive account@someguy123, Hive account@resiliencia, Hive account@fulltimegeek, Hive account@penguinpablo, Hive account@brianoflondon, Hive account@lordbutterfly, Hive account@theycallmedan, Hive account@taskmaster4450, Hive account@thecryptodrive. If you are in this list and want to claim your name in koinos please comment as well in the post with your koinos address. In this case there is no time limit.

• If your account was not mentioned above check if your name is still available in https://koinosbox.com/nicknames and claim it. It's free:

  1. Install kondor wallet.
  2. Go to https://koinosbox.com/nicknames, set your name and click create.
  3. Add an image, short bio, etc (optional fields) and click register.
  4. In the popup click "advanced".
  5. Tick "use free mana" and set max. mana to 10.
  6. Go down, click check events and send.
  7. Enjoy your name 😎

Reception

The reception of the project has been so far so good. More than 800 names have been registered. It is already supported in several places and some of them are in development:

• https://koinosblocks.com - Very happy to announce that the nicknames can be searched in the blockexplorer.
• Konio Wallet - The wallet for mobile phones already support them as well.
• Kondor Wallet - Kondor will support nicknames soon.
• Koincity - supported
• Kanvas - support in development

In the future many dApps will integrate them and I'm already working in a smart contract wallet that will take advantage of its features as well.

As I said, the control of the contract will be fully delegated to the Koinos Governance once the testing period passes and we apply the necessary patches if any. This will give transparency and security to the project.

Support

Please support this development. There are several ways you can contribute:

• Join the JGA Mining Pool (very good APY).
• Buy a Kondor NFT
• Send a donation in https://koinosbox.com/nicknames
• Become a sponsor in https://github.com/sponsors/joticajulian