Handshake, ENS and Decentralized Naming Services Explained
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The Domain Name System has been in operation for decades and is the infrastructure that handles billions of queries over the internet. As a user, you rely on your operating system and browser to help navigate the internet. However, whats humming quietly is the back-end infrastructure that helps your device find the right website. The #dns is part of the internet infrastructure which is a distributed network that handles queries from billions of people. The query is sent to a resolving server and its only task is to find the IP address behind the website you requested.Recently many blockchain based solutions are starting to rise and they offer a compelling value proposition. Imagine being in Turkey the day they disabled the resolving server from seeking the Twitter IP address. How would (...)