user10970: I just stared in the bitcoin world and my bitcoin pool says I have :
Bitcoins    0.00000277
Namecoins   0.00000864 

What exactly that means Namecoins mean? Is there any extra effort to process those Namecoins?

user33: Namecoins are a separate implementation of the bitcoin protocol.
It is designed around the ability to use a blockchain to store information about namespaces for domains so once configured, a DNS could route traffic to a specific server.
The extension for these domains are currently .bit but this can be expanded at a later date.
Namecoin uses merged mining. No extra effort is required (the hash is checked against both chains).
More information can be found out at http://namecoin.info
Questions about the protocol are welcome here also.

10970: <p>I just stared in the bitcoin world and my bitcoin pool says I have :</p>

<pre><code>Bitcoins    0.00000277
Namecoins   0.00000864 
</code></pre>

<p>What exactly that means Namecoins mean? Is there any extra effort to process those Namecoins?</p>
 33: <p>Namecoins are a separate implementation of the bitcoin protocol.</p>

<p>It is designed around the ability to use a blockchain to store information about namespaces for domains so once configured, a DNS could route traffic to a specific server.</p>

<p>The extension for these domains are currently .bit but this can be expanded at a later date.</p>

<p>Namecoin uses merged mining. No extra effort is required (the hash is checked against both chains).</p>

<p>More information can be found out at <a href="http://namecoin.info" rel="nofollow">http://namecoin.info</a></p>

<p>Questions about the protocol are welcome here also.</p>
