On May 3, 2014, at 3:22 AM, pjklau...@gmail.com wrote: > Frankly, if we could "trust" in DNS, we would not need to "trust" in > web-PKIX [2] - since the one is just the bandaid for the other. Therefore I > support any alternative DNS mechanisms (Namecoin?) which could eventually > make it into the mainstream.
That is precisely what we're working on with DNSChain, a project that combines DNS with the blockchain (any blockchain, and Namecoin specifically is supported): https://github.com/okTurtles/dnschain Yesterday we released 0.2.0, our 5th/6th release (0.2.1 is the same thing, just forgot to bump the NPM version string). This project represents as close to a practical form of "self-trust" as I'm aware of. It represents a flat P2P network topology, as opposed to a hierarchical one (like canonical DNS), that's based on the blockchain. Its last remaining problem is a solid solution to the 51% problem. The Ethereum project has proposed some interesting ones. There's also interesting discussion going on within the BitShares community. Cheers, Greg -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA.
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