OCTO-034
A 2022 paper from ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, titled Challenges with Alternative Name Systems. It describes blockchain naming systems, explains that they are outside the DNS Domain Name System The internet's directory that links domain names to computer addresses. Full definition of DNS and ICANN policy, and warns that names can clash with DNS names. A later paper from the same office, published in 2024, also covers the subject.
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- Alternative naming systems