diff --git a/blockstore/lib/config.py b/blockstore/lib/config.py
index e3c6781d8..3e832e827 100644
--- a/blockstore/lib/config.py
+++ b/blockstore/lib/config.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ SECONDS_PER_MINUTE = 60
 MINUTES_PER_YEAR = DAYS_PER_YEAR*HOURS_PER_DAY*MINUTES_PER_HOUR
 SECONDS_PER_YEAR = int(round(MINUTES_PER_YEAR*SECONDS_PER_MINUTE))
 BLOCKS_PER_YEAR = int(round(MINUTES_PER_YEAR/AVERAGE_MINUTES_PER_BLOCK))
+BLOCKS_PER_DAY = int(round(float(MINUTES_PER_HOUR * HOURS_PER_DAY)/AVERAGE_MINUTES_PER_BLOCK))
 EXPIRATION_PERIOD = BLOCKS_PER_YEAR*1
 # EXPIRATION_PERIOD = 10
 AVERAGE_BLOCKS_PER_HOUR = MINUTES_PER_HOUR/AVERAGE_MINUTES_PER_BLOCK
@@ -76,12 +77,6 @@ DEFAULT_BITCOIND_PORT_TESTNET = 18332
 DEFAULT_BITCOIND_USERNAME = 'openname'
 DEFAULT_BITCOIND_PASSWD = 'opennamesystem'
 
-""" Multiprocessing
-"""
-MULTIPROCESS_NUM_WORKERS = 8
-MULTIPROCESS_WORKER_BATCH = 8
-MULTIPROCESS_RPC_RETRY = 3
-
 """ block indexing configs
 """
 REINDEX_FREQUENCY = 10  # in seconds
@@ -159,7 +154,6 @@ LENGTHS = {
     'namelen': 1,
     'name_min': 1,
     'name_max': 34,
-    'unencoded_name': 34,
     'name_hash': 16,
     'update_hash': 20,
     'data_hash': 20,
@@ -201,6 +195,12 @@ PRICE_DROP_PER_LETTER = 10
 PRICE_DROP_FOR_NON_ALPHABETIC = 10
 ALPHABETIC_PRICE_FLOOR = 10**4
 
+NAMESPACE_BASE_COST = SATOSHIS_PER_BTC
+NAMESPACE_COST_DECAY = 3.0
+
+NAMESPACE_PREORDER_EXPIRE = BLOCKS_PER_DAY      # namespace preorders expire after 1 day, if not revealed
+NAMESPACE_REVEAL_EXPIRE = BLOCKS_PER_YEAR       # namespace reveals expire after 1 year, if not readied.
+
 # default namespace record (i.e. for names with no namespace ID)
 NAMESPACE_DEFAULT = {
    'opcode': 'NAMESPACE_REVEAL',