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ReddID Design Document (curated)

This is a curated, knowledgebase-friendly summary of the Comprehensive Design Document ReddID (v3.1, April 2025), with direct links back to the canonical wiki page. citeturn0view1

One-paragraph summary

The document proposes an integrated identity and naming system built on ReddCoin that allocates human-readable identifiers using a two-tier auction model (namespaces and user IDs), plus a cross-namespace profile layer (“ReddIDs”) that links identities across namespaces. citeturn0view1

Core structure

Three-tier model

  1. Namespaces (top level) — e.g., .redd, .crypto, etc.; auctioned first, and then namespace owners define rules/economic parameters. citeturn0view1
  2. User IDs (second level) — identifiers inside a namespace (e.g., alice.redd); auctioned with namespace-specific rules. citeturn0view1
  3. ReddIDs (cross-namespace identity) — profiles that connect multiple IDs across namespaces; described as direct registration rather than auctions. citeturn0view1

Design goals called out

The design explicitly highlights: - market-driven price discovery for valuable IDs/namespaces, - anti-squatting via economic disincentives, - deflationary pressure on RDD supply, - sustainable funding and fee distribution, - and a reputation/identity layer across the ecosystem. citeturn0view1

Canonical source

Full document: https://github.com/reddcoin-project/reddcoin/wiki/Comprehensive-Design-Document-Reddid citeturn0view1