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Distributed DNS is something that's being tried with namecoinds, not really taking off I think.

enki 15y ago
author here: the cool part is that it's theoretically possible now. i have no idea whether it'll take off. what do you think, are there gonna be sufficient incentives in the future to decentralize certain services?
- _Lemon_ 15y ago
  > what do you think, are there gonna be sufficient incentives in the future to decentralize certain services? You bring a very good point, one that I hadn't considered at all. Although I'm not sure, I think the "work from at least 50% of honest nodes" is an issue. The more demand you have to create work for decentralised services, the more you split and weaken said services. For example, if x is a major player with 33% of workin one decentralised system, they are more likely to have > 50% in smaller systems. So they would have power in smaller systems being able to usurp them at will. One way around this would be to have a lot of players in each system, such that it would only be realistic to have a few % at a time (each). However, this again would most likely be undermined by any state actors who would ultimately be able to produce much more than anyone could if they wanted.
evanrmurphy 15y ago
Good thread on BitCoin-style distributed DNS: http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=1790.0 http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=1790.0
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wibblenut 15y ago
DNS is distributed, so I think you meant to say decentralised? But I'm baffled as to why anybody would want to use it? For it to become useful we'd need to go to the extraordinary lengths of replacing substantial infrastructure, at a very great cost - to replace proven technology that scales extremely well? And it wouldn't surprise me if Harold Camping was mining Bitcoins on the church computer. The end is nigh!
- weavejester 15y ago
  The DNS system is cached, but ultimately only has 13 roots. Additionally, governments can decide to cut off organisations they consider to be undesirable, and legislation like PROTECT IP would give similar power to private corporations as well. Some might therefore consider it desirable to have a DNS system outside of this control to compliment the existing system.

enki 15y ago

author here: the cool part is that it's theoretically possible now. i have no idea whether it'll take off. what do you think, are there gonna be sufficient incentives in the future to decentralize certain services?

_Lemon_ 15y ago
> what do you think, are there gonna be sufficient incentives in the future to decentralize certain services? You bring a very good point, one that I hadn't considered at all. Although I'm not sure, I think the "work from at least 50% of honest nodes" is an issue. The more demand you have to create work for decentralised services, the more you split and weaken said services. For example, if x is a major player with 33% of workin one decentralised system, they are more likely to have > 50% in smaller systems. So they would have power in smaller systems being able to usurp them at will. One way around this would be to have a lot of players in each system, such that it would only be realistic to have a few % at a time (each). However, this again would most likely be undermined by any state actors who would ultimately be able to produce much more than anyone could if they wanted.

evanrmurphy 15y ago

Good thread on BitCoin-style distributed DNS: http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=1790.0 http://forum.bitcoin.org/?topic=1790.0

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wibblenut 15y ago

DNS is distributed, so I think you meant to say decentralised? But I'm baffled as to why anybody would want to use it? For it to become useful we'd need to go to the extraordinary lengths of replacing substantial infrastructure, at a very great cost - to replace proven technology that scales extremely well? And it wouldn't surprise me if Harold Camping was mining Bitcoins on the church computer. The end is nigh!

weavejester 15y ago
The DNS system is cached, but ultimately only has 13 roots. Additionally, governments can decide to cut off organisations they consider to be undesirable, and legislation like PROTECT IP would give similar power to private corporations as well. Some might therefore consider it desirable to have a DNS system outside of this control to compliment the existing system.