# Using OneName/Namecoin blockchain as global nickname registry

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**Created:** [March 24, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-onename-namecoin-blockchain-as-global-nickname-registry/14057 "2014-03-24T16:03:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-onename-namecoin-blockchain-as-global-nickname-registry/14057/4 "2014-03-26T15:14:08Z")

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@larry thanks for the shoutout.

@codinghorror OneName is a decentralized identity system. One of the possible applications of this is a decentralized auth service.

The benefits of this are well known - users have true control over their data, users are not tied down to any one application/service/company for auth, apps can share data and build off of each other, etc.

We’re currently working implementing OAuth 2 and when that’s ready, we’ll have an open auth service, which in my view fits well with the goals of Discourse.

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