the only real way to have a decentralized domain system is something like https://github.com/pubky/pkarr https://github.com/pubky/pkarr but you lose the abilit

the only real way to have a decentralized domain system is something like https://github.com/pubky/pkarr https://github.com/pubky/pkarr but you lose the ability to have short domains. also until such a time that pkarr is widely adopted, you are better off using .onion domains anyway. it becomes a question of requiring custom DNS client vs. Tor browser. both approaches use a DHT.