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I think you just invented blockchain DNS (e.g. https://handshake.org/ https://handshake.org/) without the byzantine tolerance.

• josephg 1mo ago
  Yes, exactly. Blockchain DNS minus the blockchain is just good DNS.
  • vvpan 1mo ago
    Blockchain has some solid properties, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
    • josephg 1mo ago
      What baby? DNS doesn't have the double spend problem. Why is the blockchain good for this?
      • rswail 1mo ago
        An authenticated chain similar to the crts for TLS certificates.
        • josephg 1mo ago
          You don’t need a blockchain to implement a cryptographic chain of trust.
      • inigyou 1mo ago
        The double spend problem for domains is the double domain purchase problem. I claim example.com and you also claim it, who wins?
        • josephg 1mo ago
          Whoever buys it first. With a centralised database, this is trivial. Usernames are the same. Who gets @example.bsky.social ? Whoever registers it first. Problem solved.
          • pineapplepizza6 1mo ago
            If you have a central database why do you need atproto?
            • josephg 1mo ago
              To stream dns changes from site owners to dns servers. If you want to change a record, you post the change on atproto. DNS servers everywhere just subscribe to the jetstream. That way anyone can run a fast, local dns server which is kept up to date automatically.
              • deleted 1mo ago
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              • pineapplepizza6 1mo ago
                How fast can I change my DNS records?
                • josephg 1mo ago
                  How fast can you post messages to Bluesky?
        • adinisom 1mo ago
          I'd like to see DNS ownership combined with the time range and an owner-unique key so you can go to the website you intended to visit rather than whoever happens to own the domain at the moment.
          • inigyou 1mo ago
            Why would they still have the server but not the domain?
            • adinisom 1mo ago
              Domains cost money to maintain. They can lapse, change, or be sold. Sometimes people make mistakes. So to my way of thinking they're great as a short-term named identifier but not as a long-term stable identifier. Would be nice to have both.
      • tancop 1mo ago
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