I like the idea.

I am building an RSS reader and like the idea of being able to tie articles back to verified individuals who have a crypto address and contact information. Even having encoded images would be interesting. "Oh, that's the guy with the funny duck picture on everything he makes." - But it's actually a steganography identifier.

So building a DNS for people... is just having an email address enough?

So imagine you are a freelance writer and at the bottom of an article you put some unique string or pic that leads people and agents back to a home page that contains a crypto address and contact details.

One application: even here on HN if some article gets over say 100 points, how would it be possible to invite the author into the forum for an AMA type discussion. You'd check the article for some type of identifier string first.

Also, with an RSS reader, an author or feed owner could be invited to claim a direct connection with their readership and end up collecting tips from them.

I'd use the term "Atom Reader," but someone may think I'm talking about a quantum physics laboratory. At least RSS has no similes.