It calls to mind the trust in Jon Postel, who managed DNS through IANA for about 10 years basically alone until his death in 1998 and IANA's subsequent transfer

It calls to mind the trust in Jon Postel, who managed DNS through IANA for about 10 years basically alone until his death in 1998 and IANA's subsequent transfer to ICANN (which had just been founded). Since Troy will still be involved, hopefully he can steer things in a direction that benefits everyone - or at least warn the public otherwise.