[AgentME]

> Spaces takes this shape. (Disclosure: I work on it.) Issued names live in a binary Merkle trie. The root of that trie is committed to Bitcoin’s chain

Who can update and publish the merkle trie onto the blockchain? Is it only Spaces themselves who can? If so, this seems a little inferior to more direct blockchain solutions like the Ethereum Name Service which exists as a smart contract on a blockchain that anyone can use directly.

[buffrr]

Operators are what assemble the bindings in the trie. Anyone can become an operator by bidding in an auction. You can read more about it at https://spacesprotocol.org

they don't have much power besides adding your name -> pubkey binding in the tree.