---
id: "blockchain-name-resolution"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "blockchain name resolution"
language: "en"
category: "Alternative naming systems"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/blockchain-name-resolution/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/resolucion-nombres-blockchain/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/blockchain-namensaufloesung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/resolution-noms-blockchain/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/risoluzione-nomi-blockchain/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/resolucao-nomes-blockchain/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/razreshenie-blokcheyn-imen/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/qukuailian-mingcheng-jiexi/"
---

# blockchain name resolution

The way software finds the data behind a blockchain name. DNS resolvers cannot do it, because these names are not in the DNS root. Users need a browser, extension, wallet or gateway service with built-in support. ICANN's technical office notes that this limits where such names work.

## related terms

- [blockchain domain](https://tldlog.com/glossary/blockchain-domain/)
- [resolver](https://tldlog.com/glossary/resolver/)
- [wallet address resolution](https://tldlog.com/glossary/wallet-address-resolution/)
- [name collision](https://tldlog.com/glossary/name-collision/)
- [OCTO-034](https://tldlog.com/glossary/octo-034/)