[eloahx]

for anybody confused like I was (takes 1min to setup)

check out http://www.nextdns.io (like Pi-hole) gives you control over things like ads, blacklists, etc

set your DNS Servers to whatever it says, mine are

45.90.28.42

45.90.30.42

and go to that website https://my.nextdns.io

click settings and enable handshake

then you're good to go and can access TLDs from the chain

check out http://ix

took me 2 minutes to figure it out

I'd love for browsers to support HTTPs on these TLDs.

Firefox already supports NextDNS, there's instructions on how to set up DNS over HTTPS

I'm kinda liking nextdns anyways over 1.1.1.1 (cloudflare)

project has my interest

[theamk]

What kind of use do you see for this? Is this just general "I want to play with blockchains", or do you have a specific use case in mind?

[ca98am79]

one major use is that it opens up the TLD space which is currently bottlenecked by ICANN

Another use is the ability to actually own your own domain name (instead of rent it).

[theamk]

Yes, I have heard the solutions it provides. But what are corresponding problems do those things solve? I can come up with some examples:

“I really hate suffixes, so I want my address to be myproject and not myproject.io”

“I have a business idea which requires me to be a TLD, but I don’t have a ton of money to pay for it”

“I don’t think ICANN dispute resolution process will work in my favor, so I would like to get a domain name not subject to it”

“I think the blockchains are the future, and I really want people to use them”

...but I think they either have a better solution, or not worth trying to deploy yet another domain name system.

[troquerre]

Handshake can improve how security on the Internet works. There are also geopolitical reasons for why it's important: https://www.namebase.io/blog/meet-handshake-decentralizing-d... https://www.namebase.io/blog/you-can-make-a-difference