[HN Gopher] .badass Domains
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       .badass Domains
        
       Author : ca98am79
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-02-28 20:02 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | troquerre wrote:
       | This is an awesome development for Handshake and the
       | decentralized web. This is how DNS should have functioned from
       | day one, but of course the technology wasn't available when it
       | was created.
        
       | runnr_az wrote:
       | It cost $1000 to deploy this solution? ... also, if no one owns
       | the registry, there are all kinds of issues with solving problems
       | when they arise.
       | 
       | Mike Carson is up to all kinds of interesting stuff in the domain
       | space.
        
         | troquerre wrote:
         | Yes $1k for the gas fees on ethereum. What problems do you
         | mean?
        
           | runnr_az wrote:
           | One easy example - disputes over ownership...
        
             | Turing_Machine wrote:
             | There could also be trademark disputes, which is a little
             | bit different. I don't imagine that Apple would register
             | apple.badass, but would likely get upset if someone else
             | did.
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             | I guess in that case the (claimed) trademark owner would
             | have to sue the (claimed) trademark infringer directly,
             | rather than using the domain registrar as a sort of deep-
             | pocketed extrajudicial enforcement mechanism. I don't
             | necessarily see this as a bad thing. That's what courts are
             | for.
             | 
             | The same is true of straightforward ownership disputes,
             | too.
             | 
             | We don't expect (e.g.) gas stations to be responsible for
             | monitoring for stolen cars and refusing to sell them gas.
        
             | bastawhiz wrote:
             | Cryptocurrency is unforgiving in the face of human errors
             | and issues (like disputes over ownership). It was designed
             | without this by choice, so it should be no surprise that a
             | domain system based on it would have the same unfortunate
             | properties.
        
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