decentralized dns

In a recent chat, Tieshun Roquerre and I go back down memory lane as he shares how engineering a platform to hawk t-shirts led him to drop out of high school at the age of 16. In addition, we discuss the inner workings and challenges of birthing Namebase.io, diving deep into the origins of...

In a recent chat, Tieshun Roquerre and I go back down memory lane as he shares how engineering a platform to hawk t-shirts led him to drop out of high school at the age of 16. In addition, we discuss the inner workings and challenges of birthing Namebase.io, diving deep into the origins of...

From the legacy domains in a centralized structure of management to the decentralized management of handshake domains, the Handshake domain ecosystem is steadily growing day after day. Can legacy and Handshake domains coexist in a new web ecosystem? Today’s podcast guest, Mark Smith, shares...

From the legacy domains in a centralized structure of management to the decentralized management of handshake domains, the Handshake domain ecosystem is steadily growing day after day. Can legacy and Handshake domains coexist in a new web ecosystem? Today’s podcast guest, Mark Smith, shares...

Previous: Part 1, Part 2 Though all of OpenNIC’s “open” TLDs are unique, .bit is particularly interesting. bit domains are actually not handled via traditional DNS. Instead, bit domains are embedded within the Namecoin system, which is completely decentralized. Perhaps the most enticing...

Previous: Part 1, Part 2 Though all of OpenNIC’s “open” TLDs are unique, .bit is particularly interesting. bit domains are actually not handled via traditional DNS. Instead, bit domains are embedded within the Namecoin system, which is completely decentralized. Perhaps the most enticing...

Previous: Part 1 The root nameservers only delegate authority: they don’t actually provide hostname to IP address lookups, with a few exceptions. For example, the root nameservers assign the com and net TLDs to Verisign’s nameservers. Verisign’s servers do the same thing, but with...

Previous: Part 1 The root nameservers only delegate authority: they don’t actually provide hostname to IP address lookups, with a few exceptions. For example, the root nameservers assign the com and net TLDs to Verisign’s nameservers. Verisign’s servers do the same thing, but with...

ICANN doesn’t get much love these days; that’s hardly a secret. We’d be much better off without such a greedy organization milking the domain industry at every turn. But how do you change something that is such an integral part of the Internet? The entire problem isn’t immediately apparent...

ICANN doesn’t get much love these days; that’s hardly a secret. We’d be much better off without such a greedy organization milking the domain industry at every turn. But how do you change something that is such an integral part of the Internet? The entire problem isn’t immediately apparent...