Notify users when their names are expiring soon

[john-light]

When logging in Blockstack requires users to enter their email address. Blockstack does not explain what the email addresses are used for, other than "recovery" (although it's not clear what exactly can be recovered using the email address, or how to go about this recovery process).

I think that if you're going to collect email addresses you could put the email addresses to good use and send users an email when the names associated with the seed they are logging in with are going to expire. One of my names apparently expired about a month ago and it's only by luck that I was able to renew it before someone else registered it.

Side note: Ideally this notification service is opt-in and users are not required to give their email address just to log-in (since email has nothing to do with the Blockstack protocol).

[dantrevino]

@john-light take a look at Connect, the new login process. One of the improvements is the removal of the email request.
https://github.com/blockstack/ux/tree/master/packages/connect

Several apps are in the process of testing/implementing.

Sorry I know this doesnt resolve the notification of expiring names...