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Re:Decentralized DNS with the Handshake Naming System by skrowl on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:57AM (#20625701)
Sounds like BitTorrent DHT, but for DNS. Is that the right take?
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Re:Decentralized DNS with the Handshake Naming System by pinhead26 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:01PM (#20626381)
Not really, the DNS data is stored in a new data structure called an "Urkel Tree" that offers small proofs and fast lookup times. Full nodes (that archive and process the entire blockchain) can serve these proofs to light clients that use the data to recursively resolve DNS.
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Re:Decentralized DNS with the Handshake Naming System by justinmchase on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @01:14PM (#20627259)
Close enough. I think its stored in a block chain though rather than just a p2p bittorrent network.
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