There are several alternatives to Ethereum Name Service (ENS) such as Unstoppable Domains that allows users to register .crypto domains on the Ethereum and Zilliqa blockchains.
I draw good lessons from the "Web Services" that introduced Universal Description, Discovery and Integration [UDDI] based on XML. ENS is a bit more closer to the Server than this approach. Many such ideas have to coexist with DNS. ENS is a specific structuring of connecting names.
Your thoughts...
Sincerely,
| Subject: | [Policy] Name Space Fragmentation |
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| Date: | Fri, 1 Dec 2023 12:25:49 +0000 |
| From: | Andrew Campling <andrew.campling@419.consulting> |
| To: | ISPA Policy Team <policy@ispa.org.uk>, policy@lists.isoc-e.org <policy@lists.isoc-e.org> |
Noting the focus of the ISoc community in preventing Internet fragmentation generally, the potential risk of fragmentation of the Internet’s name space, the Domain Name System (DNS), will be of interest.
I was joined on Monday by Georgia Osborn and Nathan Alan of the DNS Research Federation. They gave a presentation on blockchain-based name services and whether they posed a threat to the DNS, after which we had a very useful Q&A session. You can catch a recording of the discussion plus associated information links at https://419.consulting/encrypted-dns/f/with-blockchain-based-name-services-is-the-dns-obsolete.
Andrew