[tasuki]

> I’ve heard of decentralized protocols like Handshake attempt to decentralize the entire sector of TLD’s but they just seem be riddled with early profit seekers buying up all the names, so it seems unlikely the large browsers will incorporate them.

Yes, and any system will be riddled with early profit seekers. With Handshake, there's a lot less profit to seek:

1. The current TLDs are pre-reserved on Handshake for the current owners.

2. The number of Handshake TLDs is ~infinite. If it were to catch on, I'd expect a race-to-the-bottom for second level domain prices.