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> ICANN controls the root name servers but it’s an international organization with bylaws and governance... All true, but doesn’t make ICANN not centralized.
by throwawaycities 5y ago
> ICANN controls the root name servers but it’s an international organization with bylaws and governance...
All true, but doesn’t make ICANN not centralized.
>ENS is based on Ethereum…and has already had one case where they rewrote history when it was financially advantageous.
There is a difference between rewritten and forked. Nothing was rewritten, both chains exist. Similarly there is no centralized authority that prevents an individual or group from forking the blockchain, nor any central authority forcing users to the new fork.
Alternatively, you won’t have much success attempting to “fork” your own .com TLD because of conflict with DNS. Realistically even ENS potentially faces this risk with .eth conflicting with DNS at some point.
But as it relates to ENS on EVM, if you are suggesting Amazon could in anyway force the take over of Amazon.eth from another owner on the blockchain, it is not possible, not even the ENS DAO has that power. This may be a result of your misunderstanding that Ethereum was previously “rewritten”.