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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by ajnin on Friday April 17, 2020 @10:03AM (#22899037)
When you know that Ethos Capital (that wants to buy .org) was co-founded by an ex-ICANN CEO, and that it employs several other former high-ranking ICANN staff, then it starts to make a lot of sense.
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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by bitxbitxbitcoin on Friday April 17, 2020 @10:45AM (#22899367)
Corruption in centralized entities isn't a question of if - it's a question of when.
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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by aidenn0 on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:34PM (#22900458)
And centralization of decentralized entities isn't a question of if - it's a question of when.

Decentralization has so many downsides compared to centralization when things are going "right" that centralization has competitive advantages over decentralization.

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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by banger180 on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:48PM (#22902836)
Except that centralization will eventually give rise to corruption =p. It's and endless debate I guess. But for an organization like ICANN my vote goes to decentralization.
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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by rattray on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:46PM (#22901207)
Fascinating. Source?
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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by mayank on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:52PM (#22901264)
The wikipedia page has a bunch of sources in the references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos_Capital
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