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> If it's unlimited we can treat domains more like phone numbers and rely on 'contact book' style systems for personal reference instead of memory. So then we
by nfoz 7y ago
> If it's unlimited we can treat domains more like phone numbers and rely on 'contact book' style systems for personal reference instead of memory.
So then we can throw out the DNS and just use IP addresses or some IPFS-esque scheme.
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- logfromblammo 7y agoOr use a federated contact book, such that a site operator could openly publish a memorable name, and those names could be propagated to others and given aliases. ...so then the nodes operated by the FAANGs would be authoritative just by virtue of popularity. Dangit. I guess we're back to HOSTS files.