> but we can't pretend Just watch me! Here's what I imagine: These ~three major organizations all get together and announce that from now on, if you register

> but we can't pretend Just watch me! Here's what I imagine: These ~three major organizations all get together and announce that from now on, if you register a new domain with an MX record, you have to also put up a bond which can be slashed if they detect you sending spam from your domain. Okay, there are obviously problems with this, but to address the main ones: * All existing domains are grandfathered in, so this system only harms businesses that don't exist yet (and thus aren't around to complain) * The cabal could instead delegate the bond-slashing power to some group of 5 or 9 guardians of the internet, who could be voted on each year by the ITU, with one vote per country * This would require all domains to support DKIM signing, so that any evidence of spamming could be cryptographically verified, and let's mandate TLS while we're at it * To make this system truly global, decentralized, and transparent, it will probably have to be implemented using a distributed ledger, which will also prevent a dependency on any specific national currency or banking networks