The big idea I see emerging is npubs being provisioned as computing resources that can accept and send ecash to independently sustain themselves.
Independent of DNS, CAs, and ICANN-assigned IP addresses.
This is the future I saw at nostr:npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5 #sec05
Yep. DNS is the final boss.
I’m quite happy to relegate DNS to the role front-door bouncer, so long as they don’t tell us what to do in the back kitchen.
Go on about the ICANN IP addresses.
I’d like to hear more about what people are coming up with to get around that.
ICANN is still a necessary evil, but the idea is to make them as disposable or substitutable as possible. Same with DNS, a necessary evil, but there is a possibility of building an alternative namespace that resolves to npub resources.
This is a long game.
Thank you.
The Fedimint crew has leaned into iroh for to reduce dependency on DNS, which was awesome to see.
Still need IP though for transport though.
I view ICANN/IP like the public roads infrastructure. Works for 99.999% of the time. It’s that 0.001% situation where all hell breaks loose if there is no alternative.
It’s a s###show in Africa
https://domainnamewire.com/2025/07/10/afrinic-under-scrutiny-as-icann-warns-of-compliance-review/
You had me at the image ... but then 😍
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