Re:Is Web3 Bullshit? (Transcript)
by LeafGuild on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:03PM
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ENS doesn't hit those points. It doesn't fulfill any need that isn't served by DNS, and it still depends on other centralized services for it to actually be useful: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ethlink-service-about-to-go...
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The goal of ENS isn't to add new bells and whistles; it's to do the same things DNS does, just without the censorship (see Sci-Hub) or rent-seeking.
I don't see how Virgil's story implies some kind of reliance on centralized services? Yes, if a domain owner is unavailable, it will eventually expire; that applies to ENS and DNS equally.