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No. It doesn't.

GTP 4y ago
Why? Consider the scenario of a domain name owner dying and his relatives not caring/not knowing he/she owned a domain. With the current system the domain will be eventually available again. What alternative to you suggest?
- marginalia_nu 4y ago
  How does a blockchain change this in any meaningful way?
  - GTP 4y ago
    I don't know how people that suggest using a blockchain would design or already designed the whole system, but maybe you know. If the owner looses access to it's private key is there any way to transfer or expire the domain? If not, you end up having domains that nobody can use.
    - marginalia_nu 4y ago
      Yeah, that's sort of my point. Blockchains make things more rigid when dealing with these types of cases. With a central authority, you can appeal to the humans that run it, you can take them to court if need be.
      - GTP 4y ago
        Yes sorry, I totally agree. I realized just now that I got confused with indentation and assumed that the comment I was originally replying to was saying that it doesn't make sense to pay a recurrent fee for a domain. While instead he was saying that it doesn't make sense to use a blockchain, and I agree on this. Unfortunately seems that I can't edit my original comment to fix the misunderstanding.
- easytiger 4y ago
  > With the current system the domain will be eventually available again. Why is that a problem? Do you even understand how physical property IRL is owned at a legal or philosophical level?
  - mavhc 4y ago
    Because your cloud data is secured by your email address in 99% of cases
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - easytiger 4y ago
      Or phone. How does a blockchain change this?
  - jotm 4y ago
    Don't forget to pay your government taxes, or you'll quickly find out just how far "ownership" goes.
  - GTP 4y ago
    This is a problem because you risk having domains that nobody can use anymore. Edit: as I wrote in another comment, I got confused with indentation and assumed that the comment I was replying to was saying that it doesn't make sense to have a recurring fee for domains. I'm sorry. I do agree that a blockchain isn't a good alternative.
- tasuki 4y ago
  A blockchain could have a mechanism for the domain name to expire unless renewed. For example Handshake [0] does have exactly that. [0] https://handshake.org/ https://handshake.org/

No. It doesn't.

GTP 4y ago

Why? Consider the scenario of a domain name owner dying and his relatives not caring/not knowing he/she owned a domain. With the current system the domain will be eventually available again. What alternative to you suggest?

marginalia_nu 4y ago
How does a blockchain change this in any meaningful way?
- GTP 4y ago
  I don't know how people that suggest using a blockchain would design or already designed the whole system, but maybe you know. If the owner looses access to it's private key is there any way to transfer or expire the domain? If not, you end up having domains that nobody can use.
  - marginalia_nu 4y ago
    Yeah, that's sort of my point. Blockchains make things more rigid when dealing with these types of cases. With a central authority, you can appeal to the humans that run it, you can take them to court if need be.
    - GTP 4y ago
      Yes sorry, I totally agree. I realized just now that I got confused with indentation and assumed that the comment I was originally replying to was saying that it doesn't make sense to pay a recurrent fee for a domain. While instead he was saying that it doesn't make sense to use a blockchain, and I agree on this. Unfortunately seems that I can't edit my original comment to fix the misunderstanding.
easytiger 4y ago
> With the current system the domain will be eventually available again. Why is that a problem? Do you even understand how physical property IRL is owned at a legal or philosophical level?
- mavhc 4y ago
  Because your cloud data is secured by your email address in 99% of cases
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - easytiger 4y ago
    Or phone. How does a blockchain change this?
- jotm 4y ago
  Don't forget to pay your government taxes, or you'll quickly find out just how far "ownership" goes.
- GTP 4y ago
  This is a problem because you risk having domains that nobody can use anymore. Edit: as I wrote in another comment, I got confused with indentation and assumed that the comment I was replying to was saying that it doesn't make sense to have a recurring fee for domains. I'm sorry. I do agree that a blockchain isn't a good alternative.
tasuki 4y ago
A blockchain could have a mechanism for the domain name to expire unless renewed. For example Handshake [0] does have exactly that. [0] https://handshake.org/ https://handshake.org/