A Comparison of Blockchain-based Decentralized DNS Solutions

Previously, we looked at centralization in DNS and some democratic DNS alternatives. Coming up with a decentralized DNS solution is much easier than getting everybody to adopt it. Many of these still unadopted (fostered?) DNS projects are based on blockchain technology. Many cryptocurrency "coins" have implemented a DNS resolving feature, some existing solely for that purpose. There are also companies that merely want to tie themselves to the word "blockchain", or otherwise not actually running a blockchain.

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Mobile App Store Monopolies and Decentralized Alternatives

"He who controls the warez, controls the world." This is the digital world we live in. In the year 2020, man is almost always clutching one object in his hand. A mobile device. If you flipped a coin four times to decide what operating system was powering this mobile device, it would be an Apple device once and an Android device the other 3 out of 4 times. Anything else would be a rounding error.

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