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About RIF Name Service
Ease of use is key for reaching the unbanked and non-technical users. It’s difficult to expect a broad adoption if users must copy and paste long hexadecimal addresses to transfer or receive digital assets. By adding a name resolution service complexity of the system is much reduced. By enabling the use of Aliases, RIF Name Service (RNS) makes the use of blockchain technology easy and intuitive, fostering mass adoption. RNS is utilized across RIF Payments, RIF Storage, RIF Communications and other RIF Services providing a seamless experience to end users. Blockchain interoperability is key for the success of the ecosystem as a whole. RNS provides the first cross platform naming service available for all major blockchains such as Bitcoin, Litecoin amongst others. Built on top of RSK, it inherits Bitcoin's decentralize nature and security. RSK Partners can benefit from the RNS protocol by issuing subdomains.
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