Decentralized naming is going to be critical to an open internet. We've already seen fights over names by corporations and governments. Decentralization does n

Decentralized naming is going to be critical to an open internet. We've already seen fights over names by corporations and governments. Decentralization does not imply cryptocurrency but you do need (1) some proof of work to reduce squatting the whole namespace, (2) atomic-ish transactions to ensure one owner of a name, and (3) lots of malicious participants.