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It builds on top of DNS (in at least in two places) so it’s not equivalent — and it fills a different function to it. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
by danabramov 1y ago
It builds on top of DNS (in at least in two places) so it’s not equivalent — and it fills a different function to it. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45469296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45469296 for a breakdown.
PLC is being spun out into an independent entity, the longer term goal is for it to operate somewhat similar to ICANN. Its code is easy to run so something else could conceivably replace it. It’s also possible for AT to allow other `did` methods in the future as long as they’re persistent and can be performantly resolved.