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> If they are successfully able to get a gTLD as described in the article everything will be able to use them. The entirety of that speculation in the article,

by sshine 1y ago

> If they are successfully able to get a gTLD as described in the article everything will be able to use them. The entirety of that speculation in the article, as far as I could read, is three words: “potential ICANN accreditation” — that’s it. > maybe that Brave will stop renewing the gTLD when it goes out of business I wasn’t considering they would actually register the gTLD. But yes: gTLDs are only as good as their general appeal. Why get a .brave? Seems similar to .ovh; I don’t see the appeal.

charcircuit 1y ago
If you want more words you can go the unstoppable domains website to see that they will apply in 2026. Yes, it's speculative but I am allowed to hope for a successful open and decentralized web. >Why get a .brave? Seems similar to .ovh; I don’t see the appeal. Because .ovh requires paying $3.49 every year to renew it. Because .ovh requires giving away your real name and physical address. Because ICANN can take away your domain (eg. You didn't give your real name or address). The appeal of .brave is the web3 aspect of having actual ownership over the domain you purchased.
- sshine 1y ago
  Yes, you're certainly allowed to hope, and I'm happy you do, because I am a cipherpunk at heart. > .ovh requires paying $3.49 every year to renew it And .brave domains are "buy once keep forever"? What's the track record for that business model? Is that how Unstoppable Domains does all their TLDs? > ICANN can take away your domain I see the point of having multiple resolution strategies, one of which is ICANN. But if a .brave domain is removed as part of an ICANN-induced process, and it's still available via blockchain-based resolvers, it's still practically censored worldwide. If I want to go to The Pirate Bay in a country that DNS-blacklisted them, I need a search engine to find one of the many proxy domains. It'd be equally inconvenient for most people to access a .brave domain that got conventionally DNS-blacklisted, blockchain or not. > having actual ownership over the domain you purchased Owning as in not paying a recurring fee? Okay. Owning as in being invulnerable to censorship? In some sci-fi dream scenario, yes. Owning as in having complete control of your "asset" in a vast service network? Not close. I'd like to believe more in blockchain-based DNS, but it seems to be for technologists only.

by sshine 1y ago

charcircuit 1y ago

If you want more words you can go the unstoppable domains website to see that they will apply in 2026. Yes, it's speculative but I am allowed to hope for a successful open and decentralized web. >Why get a .brave? Seems similar to .ovh; I don’t see the appeal. Because .ovh requires paying $3.49 every year to renew it. Because .ovh requires giving away your real name and physical address. Because ICANN can take away your domain (eg. You didn't give your real name or address). The appeal of .brave is the web3 aspect of having actual ownership over the domain you purchased.

sshine 1y ago
Yes, you're certainly allowed to hope, and I'm happy you do, because I am a cipherpunk at heart. > .ovh requires paying $3.49 every year to renew it And .brave domains are "buy once keep forever"? What's the track record for that business model? Is that how Unstoppable Domains does all their TLDs? > ICANN can take away your domain I see the point of having multiple resolution strategies, one of which is ICANN. But if a .brave domain is removed as part of an ICANN-induced process, and it's still available via blockchain-based resolvers, it's still practically censored worldwide. If I want to go to The Pirate Bay in a country that DNS-blacklisted them, I need a search engine to find one of the many proxy domains. It'd be equally inconvenient for most people to access a .brave domain that got conventionally DNS-blacklisted, blockchain or not. > having actual ownership over the domain you purchased Owning as in not paying a recurring fee? Okay. Owning as in being invulnerable to censorship? In some sci-fi dream scenario, yes. Owning as in having complete control of your "asset" in a vast service network? Not close. I'd like to believe more in blockchain-based DNS, but it seems to be for technologists only.