Hi Simon, > The username registration is optional and the password appears to be > linked to the username since it is presented as the classic "username, > password from", but is actually not relevant to your username > registration. This password is linked to multi-device account.
Could you please clarify the relations between RingID, username and password and multi-device in more detail? Are these separate registrations with separate blockchains? But the password is the same for RingID and username? Both registrations are permanent? >> Is it possible to remove this registration or edit the password? > > For now registration are permanent as they are written to the > blockchain shared by every node in the Ethereum network and there's not > support for revoking a username yet. The only way to safely remove the > relation between your yourself and the username is to create a new > account. RingID is a random string. The advantage of username is that it is easier to remember. But once one have lost a password or it has been compromised, one will have to create a new username. This would lead to polluted username space, harder to remember usernames. Thus neglecting its advantage, right? And if a username hasn't been used for a long time (e.g. 1 year) it will still stay forever as occupied, which is also not good IMHO. Actually, I've created my username with not a very strong password, just for testing purposes. Please add the warning about choosing a strong password because of impossibility of changing it afterwards. Regards, Andrey
