THORName is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the THORChain blockchain.
THORName functionality is to map human-readable names like chris.thor to machine-readable identifiers such as cryptocurrency addresses, and metadata. THORName will support ‘reverse resolution’, making it possible to associate metadata such as a Twitter username or canonical names with a ‘home’ THORChain address.
A THORChain address can be assigned one THORName to manage the other addresses associated. For example: the THORName chris can receive $BTC to the chris.btc address, chris.eth to receive $ETH and so forth. Wallet providers will easily be able to integrate to resolve cross-chain addresses for a user.
