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by LeafGuild 1317 days ago
ENS doesn't hit those points. It doesn't fulfill any need that isn't served by DNS, and it still depends on other centralized services for it to actually be useful: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ethlink-service-about-to-go...
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The goal of ENS isn't to add new bells and whistles; it's to do the same things DNS does, just without the censorship (see Sci-Hub) or rent-seeking.

I don't see how Virgil's story implies some kind of reliance on centralized services? Yes, if a domain owner is unavailable, it will eventually expire; that applies to ENS and DNS equally.