Domain name registrars are still the most relevant and critical centralized component of the Internet.
I'm surprised that we have not been able to transition to a more decentralized, distributed, or federated system.
Despite various attempts, nothing has been able to gain significant traction. (I still remember the excitement of using Namecoin to set up a .bit domain that no one visited ...)
Perhaps this is an area where Nostr could play a role?
#asknostr
Named resources being owned by someone is not that easy, pubkey private pairs can be used right now, not sure how ready people are to move to it though, also the legacy internet has a lot of weight to move out of this.
👆so much this 👆
(also that many projects choose github over any git alternatives 🤷)
GNS never took off either https://www.gnunet.org/en/gns.html
The only one gaining traction seems to be tor .onion adresses. but how decentralized is that is unclear to me.
I have the core design done here. All we need to do is agree on a formatting standard, code the functionality, and get the functionality into apps nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqamkcvk5k8g730e2j6atadp6mxk7z4aaxc7cnwrlkclx79z4tzygqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3jamnwvaz7tmswfjk66t4d5h8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qqxdejhw3zw2v4fjr56
I dont think there is a sollution, other than ICANN being it, and hoping for the best.
Yep.
Npub-based Web of Trust could be a substitution of both DNS Hierarchy and Public Certificate Authorities.
