Nostr Web Client

ICANN is letting the PSL grow unchecked, and one day IDN and New gTLD will make . characters into a cash cow. Each company will have its own TLD, and each file extension will eventually become a TLD.

So does nostr become a TLD? Not ENS or HNS.

cypherpunk 9mo ago

So does nostr become a TLD?

No, because they you open the entire ecosystem to DNS censorship.

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CXPLAY 9mo ago

Nostr can't change the status quo unless DNS and all its associated infrastructure is replaced. If you can't beat them, join them.

cypherpunk 9mo ago

DNS has been seriously messed up long-time (I used to advise on ccTLD creation as a lawyer many years ago). Most of the problems are fully understood. None of the solutions ever get implimented because govt's want the 'net to remain censurable.

CXPLAY 9mo ago

I think most of the reason is that the overhead of replacing these DNS-related components is greater than the overhead of replacing the DNS itself. If there is a DNS replacement, it has to be able to coexist with DNS for a long time and be ready to replace it for at least half a century. IPv6 is in this slow and painful process today.

cypherpunk 9mo ago

Agreed, but IPv6 only really solves the number of addresses problem (makes IOT possible). Or ... am I missing something about IPv6?

CXPLAY 9mo ago

You're right. Perhaps TCP/IP would be a better example.

cypherpunk 9mo ago

Actually, domain keys for Secure Mail Transport = the only thing that's been implemented I can think of off the top of my head. That works.