> If domain names cost $1000 each, we wouldn't have squatters at all. I'm not sure this is a good solution. I have a blog and I host my email, I don't want to

> If domain names cost $1000 each, we wouldn't have squatters at all. I'm not sure this is a good solution. I have a blog and I host my email, I don't want to lose my domain name to money. Instead, I'd say "If domain names were strings of random numbers", or, "if we used content based addressing"… stuff like that. Right now we can't escape the politics that ensue from having exclusive, human readable names. Exclusive random numbers are okay, because nobody would fight over any particular number when they can just get another. (Except things like 00000000, 12345678, DEADBEEF…). Human readable names are somewhat okay, as long as two entities can use the same: it just boils down to pre-internet trademark issues. It's having both at the same time that do us in.