[CPWG] Are Blockchain Domains within the Mission of ICANN - WAS RE: Questions to the board about distributed DNS

[Chokri Ben Romdhane]

Dear Jeff,
I really appreciate your  analyse of the question and indeed by delaying
the discussion about the use of blockchain DNS we( community and the board
) are some how encouraging the proliferation of new type of name space
collision which is in the scope of the mission ( or business to repeat the
term used by Wolfgang) of ICANN.

Freindly Regards
Chokri


Le ven. 19 août 2022 à 4:57 PM, Jeff Neuman <jeff at jjnsolutions.com> a
écrit :

> Dear Olivier,
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> Correct.  Examining how ICANN responds to a threat (if it is a threat) is
> appropriate for discussion.  But that is different than having a discussion
> about the use of Blockchain domains or even the regulation of Blockchain.
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> Therefore, asking the question about whether the Board encouraged
> registrars to sell Blockchain domains is not an appropriate question (in my
> opinion).  However, asking whether the Board understands that the longer it
> takes to introduce the process for the next round, the more it is
> indirectly encouraging the proliferation of these Blockchain domains and
> the more problems there will be in the future with potential “collisions”
> of namespaces not associated with ICANN.
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> Jeffrey J. Neuman
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> Founder & CEO
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> JJN Solutions, LLC
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> p: +1.202.549.5079
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> E: jeff at jjnsolutions.com
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> http://jjnsolutions.com
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> *From:* Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 19, 2022 11:08 AM
> *To:* Jeff Neuman <jeff at jjnsolutions.com>; Chokri Ben Romdhane <
> chokribr at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Are Blockchain Domains within the Mission of ICANN - WAS
> RE: [CPWG] Questions to the board about distributed DNS
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> Dear Jeff,
>
> On 19/08/2022 17:40, Jeff Neuman wrote:
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> The argument against this being in ICANN’s mission is that Blockchain
> domains are not part of the “DNS”. Thus, (a) uniform or coordinates
> resolution is not reasonably necessary to facilitate the openness,
> interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability of the DNS (Section
> 1.1 (a)(i) of the ICANN Bylaws).
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> It is quite possible that Blockchain domains present a threat to the DNS
> or certainly impacts the DNS.  So the appropriate questions for the
> Board/SOs/SCs and other is not how ICANN can be involved with Blockchain
> domains, but rather how does ICANN respond to the existence of the
> Blockchain Domains, if at all.
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> For example, will ICANN be able to delegate new TLDs in the DNS if there
> are conflicting Blockchain domains?
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> I think you say it yourself -- do blockchain domains represent a threat to
> the resilience, security and/or stability of the DNS? They do break the
> concept of an identifier system with a single Root, don't they?
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
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