Hello all, a while ago we had discussions about name space fragmentation as well as blockchain-based name services. One of the members of ISOC UK England recently held a Zoom call that he then recorded on YouTube and I have found the discussion useful - so please find a link below. Kindest regards, Olivier -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Policy] Name Space Fragmentation 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-i.... *Andrew*