Can confirm, as can anyone willing to go to an Adobe Connect archive. For the curious:
https://participate.icann.org/p6u03rimy92/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal The discussion on Ethereum by Leonard Tan, an Ethereum developer, starts at 00:31:00. Paul’s question is at 00:42:16. From the transcript: >> PAUL: PAUL, IETF. LET'S SAY IETF GETS THE DOMAINS IETF IN THIS NAMING >> SYSTEM AND WE PAY OUR FEES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. EVERYBODY USES THE SITE. >> AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE FORGET TO PAY AND THE DOMAIN FALLS BACK INTO THE >> POOL AND SOMEBODY ELSE REGISTERS IT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE OR WHO >> THEY ARE. NOW I GO TO A COURT SYSTEM. I GET SOME LEGAL OPINION SAYING I >> OWN THIS TRADEMARK AND NOW I WANT TO GET THIS DOMAIN BACK. IS THERE ANY WAY >> FOR ME TO GET THIS DOMAIN BACK? >>LEONARD TAN: SO RIGHT NOW, THE ENS INDUSTRY, YOU CAN CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT >>REQUIRES FOUR OUT OF SEVEN PEOPLE. MOST OF THEM ARE ETHEREUM DEVELOPERS. >>AND IT IS A CONSENSUS OF THEM TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. SO IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT IT >>IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO. Regards, -drc On Nov 10, 2017, 10:47 PM +0800, Paul Wouters <p...@nohats.ca>, wrote: > The ENS developer said so in response to my question. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 10, 2017, at 19:55, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzme...@nic.fr> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 05:58:13PM +0530, > > Paul Wouters <p...@nohats.ca> wrote > > a message of 29 lines which said: > > > > > It takes 4 out of 7 geeks to bypass the blockchain in case of > > > emergency, court orders or kneecaps. > > > > > > According to the presentation held at ICANN60 > > > > Well, if someone at ICANN said so, someone is wrong (or, at the > > minimum, over-simplificator). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DNSOP mailing list > > DNSOP@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop > > _______________________________________________ > DNSOP mailing list > DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
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