Blockchain DNS

The approach of Blockchain DNS is very interesting and I was so free to secure 3 domains for free in the DNS routing. The Open Name System wants to extend ICANN's classic Domain Name System by one blockchain, making the system more resistant to outages and censorship. Yet the resistance to censorship makes this very attractive not only for criminals or rights and even leftist extremists. Even in business this can be very helpful if various contents can not be controlled by the state that it is not always useful and desirable to provide an imprint nor German law among freelancers and small businesses.

This is not about the address but more about the new data protection guidelines of the EU which piss me off because they mean a significant extra effort and Abmahnanwälten opens the door. Yes there is the Tor network with its hidden sites but who wants to remember a 635cuf44pbi6t7y3.onion and get there via a proxy or a web browser? I also prefer combook.geek or bodi-office.geek as an address and do not need an additional browser but only needs to adjust the DNS DNS address or download for Firefox or Chrome an add-on down what makes it easier for me (https: // blockchain-dns.info/).

Yes, in addition, the gate network benefit is already beneficial if you want to move on the dark side of the web but not necessary for Otto normal users.

But now first to the technical side of the whole in the rough.

100% backward compatibility with ICANN's Domain Name System (DNS) promises the Open Name System Protocol (ONS), which achieves that DNS is simply extended to use a blockchain. The latter is a kind of database in which information is stored and distributed over a peer-to-peer network and kept up-to-date. This concept is used by Bitcoin to record the list of transactions. The technique can also be used for other purposes. This, in turn, takes advantage of the ONS project and uses Namecoin as a key value store for the domain information.

With ONS, registration and resolution of both users and domains in the blockchain becomes possible. This makes the technology an alternative to the DNA controlled by ICANN as a supreme body.

Alternatively, the same technology uses the OpenNIC. OpenNIC is a private Network Information Center. It offers an alternative to traditional domain name systems and top-level domains managed by ICANN (controlled by the US Department of Commerce). It is not controlled by any national bodies and acts democratically in its own words.