technology Brave Crypto DNS Strategy

[Lox]

As we integrate (.eth and .crypto) crypto-DNS providers, we commit to the following principles in resolving domain names:

1. Crypto-DNS providers shall be off by default for ICANN-reserved TLDs, and for the TLDs reserved by Brave (listed here). However, users who wish to can use crypto-DNS providers for ICANN TLDs too, by selecting the DNS provider they prefer in settings.
2. For conflict-free non-ICANN defaults, we will use the crypto-DNS provider associated with its TLD. So as mentioned above, for .eth domain names, we will use ENS, while for .crypto domain names we will use Unstoppable Domains.
3. In the future, if ICANN starts servicing a TLD that was previously serviced by a crypto-DNS provider we will default to ICANN. And in a scenario where ICANN migrates an existing domain and registrations of new subdomains to a crypto-DNS provider, we will make that provider be a default setting in Brave (which users can change) for the migrated domain.

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[bmugford]

In the future, if ICANN starts servicing a TLD that was previously serviced by a crypto-DNS provider we will default to ICANN. And in a scenario where ICANN migrates an existing domain and registrations of new subdomains to a crypto-DNS provider, we will make that provider be a default setting in Brave (which users can change) for the migrated domain.

This is the fundamental issue with these. The second ICANN delegates an actual crypto extension, these "domains" become as useless as New.net extensions became when ICANN delegated them on the actual root zone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New.net

Anyone can have any domain they want if they can get everyone else to use custom DNS or software.

Brad

 

[Lox]

Verisign patent: Blockchain domains / Distributed domain name resolution and method for use of same

A system for distributed domain name address resolution, including top-level domain name address resolution, and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a blockchain stores distributed domain names with respective Internet Protocol address information. A smart contract, which defines shared logic to execute operations on the blockchain, runs on the blockchain. With respect to distributed domain names, the system may perform read operations to identify the Internet Protocol address information, create operations to create a new distributed domain name with respective Internet Protocol address information, delete operations to remove a distributed domain name, and update operations to update the mapping between a distributed domain name and the respective Internet Protocol address information.

read more (uspto.gov) / PN 10,880,260