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I think a distributed .alt where people can have a "backup" of their domain would be nice. gun.io with gun.io.alt running concurrently on the distributed system. It would be a nice reference to the alt.* Usenet split in response to attempts to control it. The underlying technology and how to arrange it is another question though. Edit: Mcantelon's reference elsewhere in the thread to namecoin looks like a good start http://dot-bit.org/Main_Page



Repeat after me: NOBODY WILL EVER USE AN ALTERNATE ROOT. EVER.

It took over a decade to get everyone on the same page re: IPv6, and everybody WANTS that. Be realistic. It ain't gonna happen, ever.


The tech is largely a solved problem, also one can download the zone-files[1] to seed/sync the new system.

The real problem is the chicken/egg one, this is where all past attempts towards an alternate DNS have failed.

[1] http://www.premiumdrops.com/zones.html




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