Hi Luke, On Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:15:09 -0500 Luke Monahan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > Can I please be removed from this list? It's a pity you want to leave the list. But yes, of course, you can remove yourself from the list. Once you've subscribed, you received a welcome message with relevant informations. An option is to send an empty email to: [email protected] with subject: unsubscribe Then, you have to reply to a confirmation email. Regards, Andrey P.S. Please, choose "reply all" when you're answering mails from a mailing list > On 11/8/16, 8:47 AM, "Ring on behalf of Andrey Gursky" > <[email protected] on behalf of > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- Andrey Gursky <[email protected]>
