[schanzen]

Actually, GNS does solve this partially: If there is a squatter for, e.g. example.com, and this is a troll preventing Example Co from claiming their "name", they could just lobby/advertise for this mapping configuration in start zone configurations:

example.com = <theirZonePublicKey>

to be shipped with implementations. The squatter of "example" at the "com" registrar can be circumvented. If users/implementations choose to do so. The secure and unique names under the authority of Example Co will always be reachable in their zone.

[silvestrov]

I would consider this to "unsolve it".

Today Example Co can go to the courts and say "we own the name 'example', so we should have example.com". This works in many countries today. (Or they can offer current owner a sum of money).

With GNS they would have to lobby all sorts of GNS providers. That's a worse situation.

[schanzen]

Well compelling the TLD owner (in this case .com) through the courts to change the delegation to your zone also works in GNS. (You would not force some kind of "hand over" of the example.com domain. Because that is not how it works).

Similarly "buying the domain" simply means having this party yield the registration at the domain registrar to you.

Anyway, both also works in GNS. My example addresses the case where the legal claim is not possible and the other party uncooperative while "consensus" is that it is a squatter with no claim. (Or, by extension, a censorious circumstance, think TPB)