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Anyone here familiar with the newly launched Ethereum Name Service (ENS)? All the registrations are handled on the blockchain. Would this error be possible on E

Anyone here familiar with the newly launched Ethereum Name Service (ENS)? All the registrations are handled on the blockchain. Would this error be possible on ENS?

rfd4sgmk8u 5y ago
ENS is purely a vanity service, like any other NFT. ENS would not have this problem, however, you might as well write a name on a piece of paper and never show anyone. It is not the same thing. ENS will never be resolvable via the global DNS namespace. Its like a parallel DNS namespace. I don't believe that any blockchain NS will ever marry with the global name resolution namespace. Handshake and Namecoin are alternatives too, and there was non-blockchain thing called NewNet that no longer exists. Globally resolvable names need to have registration details, so when you register "cocacola", Coke can sue you for trademark infringement. They need to be revocable.
- reginold 5y ago
  Appreciate the perspective on this. When you say "ENS will never be resolvable via the global DNS namespace", is that a technical limitation or something else? I'm curious so learning about how it works (or doesn't!), sounds like you have a lot of experience.
  - rfd4sgmk8u 5y ago
    There is no reason technical that ENS could not run root .eth servers and have these in the global DNS namespace. It would be a centralized service with decentralized records. I'm saying it wont happen because they wont let it. Its a closed club, and its a big deal when new TLDs get added. Johnny ethereum isn't allowed in.
    - reginold 5y ago
      Ah interesting hadn't realized it was a closed club. Heard it was some kind of delegate, DAO but that likely just means those with the money win right?
    - rvz 5y ago
      > There is no reason technical that ENS could not run root .eth servers and have these in the global DNS namespace. Unfortunately though, .eth already collides with the reserved 3 letter country TLD made for Ethiopia. > It would be a centralized service with decentralized records. That is the best way to describe ENS. Your .eth domain is still sitting on a single TLD managed by so called 'trusted' centralised key holders.
  - redis_mlc 5y ago
    > is that a technical limitation or something else? Because it's a scam.

Anyone here familiar with the newly launched Ethereum Name Service (ENS)? All the registrations are handled on the blockchain. Would this error be possible on ENS?

rfd4sgmk8u 5y ago

ENS is purely a vanity service, like any other NFT. ENS would not have this problem, however, you might as well write a name on a piece of paper and never show anyone. It is not the same thing. ENS will never be resolvable via the global DNS namespace. Its like a parallel DNS namespace. I don't believe that any blockchain NS will ever marry with the global name resolution namespace. Handshake and Namecoin are alternatives too, and there was non-blockchain thing called NewNet that no longer exists. Globally resolvable names need to have registration details, so when you register "cocacola", Coke can sue you for trademark infringement. They need to be revocable.

reginold 5y ago
Appreciate the perspective on this. When you say "ENS will never be resolvable via the global DNS namespace", is that a technical limitation or something else? I'm curious so learning about how it works (or doesn't!), sounds like you have a lot of experience.
- rfd4sgmk8u 5y ago
  There is no reason technical that ENS could not run root .eth servers and have these in the global DNS namespace. It would be a centralized service with decentralized records. I'm saying it wont happen because they wont let it. Its a closed club, and its a big deal when new TLDs get added. Johnny ethereum isn't allowed in.
  - reginold 5y ago
    Ah interesting hadn't realized it was a closed club. Heard it was some kind of delegate, DAO but that likely just means those with the money win right?
  - rvz 5y ago
    > There is no reason technical that ENS could not run root .eth servers and have these in the global DNS namespace. Unfortunately though, .eth already collides with the reserved 3 letter country TLD made for Ethiopia. > It would be a centralized service with decentralized records. That is the best way to describe ENS. Your .eth domain is still sitting on a single TLD managed by so called 'trusted' centralised key holders.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  > is that a technical limitation or something else? Because it's a scam.