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The best/only one I can come up with is DNS. It requires complete global state, benefits from having a history of changes, increased distribution/decentralizati
by matlin 5y ago
The best/only one I can come up with is DNS. It requires complete global state, benefits from having a history of changes, increased distribution/decentralization makes it faster and more reliable, and it could encapsulate the economic parts of buying and selling domain names.
- junon 5y agoThis is theoretical. DNS as it is implemented today does not use blockchain (at least, not as a standard).
- 2cb 5y agoIt's not hypothetical. Although you are correct it's not standard, there are multiple projects doing exactly this at various stages of development, some of which have been around for years. Handshake [1] is still very much beta but aims to replace DNS with decentralised nodes. There are also projects like Unstoppable Domains [2] and Ethereum Name Service [3] which work right now if the browser supports them. They both use the Ethereum blockchain to sell domains as NFTs. In fact the ENS was around long before the NFT hype of today. [1] https://handshake.org https://handshake.org [2] https://unstoppabledomains.com https://unstoppabledomains.com [3] https://ens.domains https://ens.domains
- junon 5y agoI meant theoretical in the sense that it's not the global way of doing it. Also, decentralized != blockchain.