The core of the question seems to be this: 
Is ICANN's remit just to administer the DNS? 
Or is the DNS merely the tool that ICANN uses, for the moment, to administer domain names -- domain names being our remit?  

If the former, then Blockchain Domains are out of ICANN's scope.  If the latter, they are in scope.  From this all else follows. 

Bill Jouris 

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 8:08 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG
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