I wonder if using the validation of the DNS record and all the surrounding nonsense is really a useful function though. I mean, if we created a new distributed

I wonder if using the validation of the DNS record and all the surrounding nonsense is really a useful function though. I mean, if we created a new distributed system, and grandfathered the old one, how can the current incumbents stop it? The control over a name pointing to an address could be done with a blockchain, I'm hearing. So we move to a new naming convention. An arbitrary prefix on the end of a name shouldn't mean $$$$. I'm saying we (techies anyway, not money-grubbing VC's), can make the decision for them, en masse. When they say "But, we need to make money from this!", we reply, "No, we need a naming service for these internet addresses. Go get stuffed." The finer details of how it all works can be left till later.