🤳What is THORName Service?

The THORName Service (TNS) is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the THORChain blockchain. Since THORChain connects multiple blockchains together; it needed a solution to simplify that multichain experience.... thus TNS was created!

THORName functionality is to map human-readable names like chris.thor to machine-readable identifiers such as cryptocurrency addresses and metadata.

A THORChain address can be assigned to a THORName to manage the other blockchain addresses associated with it. For example: the THORName chris can receive $BTC to the chris.thor or any blockchain compatible asset.

Chris.thor can now be associated with any blockchain address, example below:

{ "chris" :
   {"thor: "thor1egxvam70a86jafa3s0m2g3m7548gcg3kqfmfax",
    "btc" : "bc1qq2z2f4gs4nd7t0a9zzjtegu4nczhajjp90y9l9", 
    "eth" : "0x04c5998ded94f8926e64a99b7dbc9f463370444c", 
    "bch" : "qz7262r7uufxk89emajqm97vskzwtxrf6yquk7zfwr",
    "ltc" : "ltc1qaa064vvv4d6stgrd3tt93fp6jxywnf777j6dl8", 
    "bnb" : "bnb1pa6hpjs7qv0vkd55n08yw7v7fks5tqa2xtt2gk"}
}

Currently, there are seven (10) native L1 chains available on TNS: THORChain, Bitcoin, Ethereum, EVMs (like Arbitrum) , Litecoin, Binance, Bitcoin Cash, Doge, Avalanche and Cosmos. THORNames are limited to 30 characters, including ^[a-zA-Z0-9+_-]+$.

Support for Solana and Ton Network soon.

The advantage of having human-readable addresses are:

• makes crosschain simple, associate any blockchain to your THORName. i.e send BTC to chris.thor

• simplifying any action that requires entering an address.

Imagine asking your friend for an address so you can send him some money. Which is easier:

• chris.thor

or

   {"thor: "thor1egxvam70a86jafa3s0m2g3m7548gcg3kqfmfax",
    "btc" : "bc1qq2z2f4gs4nd7t0a9zzjtegu4nczhajjp90y9l9", 
    "eth" : "0x04c5998ded94f8926e64a99b7dbc9f463370444c", 
    "bch" : "qz7262r7uufxk89emajqm97vskzwtxrf6yquk7zfwr",
    "ltc" : "ltc1qaa064vvv4d6stgrd3tt93fp6jxywnf777j6dl8", 
    "bnb" : "bnb1pa6hpjs7qv0vkd55n08yw7v7fks5tqa2xtt2gk"}

• allowing users to personalize their interactions on the THORChain network.

As with email addresses, usernames or car vanity plates, THORNames let you have whatever you want as your address rather than machine-generated code.