Possible attack vector - mass username registration

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There was a thread about it a long time ago, including solutions, I’ll see if I can find it.

Ideas for DNS on Maidsafe

Yes, you can choose whatever you want to call yourself and that will work. There is an underlying address you can tell people (the first 6-0 chars) and the system will identify if you are unique there with this name/address combination. Here is how a vault gets an address allocated And for public names (people brands etc.) then it is very similar except instead of holding the average capability of the network in a group we use public names and do not allow the same public name anywhere near …

In short: Additional characters (up to 6 it seems) can be used to discern two duplicate ID’s. It’s not perfect but probably the best solution in a fully decentralized system.