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Sovereign Naming

DNS is a chokepoint: registrars, registries and resolvers can all be ordered to take a name down. Self-authenticating names, blockchain registries and key-rooted alternatives, with an honest look at which ones are sovereign and which only look it.

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Decentralized DNS and Sovereign Naming Explainer Naming on Mesh and Off-Grid Networks Explainer Usable Overlay Naming: Tor .onion and I2P Explainer Battle-tested Sovereign name lifecycle Explainer Usable

Guides

Publishing an Uncensorable WebsiteEvery single point of control is a point of censorship. Remove them one by one: the host, the domain, the location of the server, the format. advanced half a day

Technologies

Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Deep dive Battle-tested ENS as Identityalso in identity Deep dive Usable Handshake Deep dive Usable IPNS and DNSLinkalso in storage Deep dive Usable Namecoin Deep dive Usable PKARR: Public-Key Addressable Resource Records Deep dive Usable Cardano DNS Deep dive Experimental DNNS Deep dive Experimental GNU Name System (GNS) Deep dive Experimental Nomen Deep dive Experimental Pubkyalso in identity Deep dive Experimental Slashtags Deep dive Historical Unstoppable Domains Deep dive Cautionary

Reference and research

Naming systems compared Comparison

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Nostr & Public-Key DNS

nomen — Nostr and Bitcoin based naming system
pkdns — pkarr based DNS setup compatible with existing DNS
pkarr — Public Key Addressable Resource Records
Nuhvi/pkarr — Public-Key Addressable Resource Records using Mainline DHT and BEP44 for sovereign TLDs
pkdns-publisher — Rust service that republishes PKARR DNS records to keep them alive on Mainline DHT
Pkarr Introduction — Technical overview of public-key addressable DNS records over Mainline DHT
Pubky Core — Homeserver and SDK stack for public-key-based censorship-resistant web applications
Pubky Nexus — Backend indexing layer connecting Pubky homeservers to social-app APIs
Pubky App — Web client for the Pubky social application ecosystem

ENS

Ethereum Name Service — Ethereum-based decentralized naming system
ENS Documentation — Official protocol, resolution, registrar, resolver, and developer docs
ENSIP-1 — Core ENS protocol specification for registry, resolvers, namehash, and registrars
ENS Contracts — Core smart contracts for ENS registry, registrars, and public resolvers

Cardano DNS

blinklabs-io/dns-contracts — Decentralized DNS service and marketplace contracts on Cardano

Handshake

Handshake — Decentralized, permissionless naming protocol replacing Certificate Authorities
Handshake GitHub — Node implementation and protocol specs
hnsd — Lightweight SPV resolver daemon for resolving Handshake names locally
Awesome Handshake — Curated directory of Handshake sites, resolvers, nameservers, and tutorials
Namebase Learning Center — Introductory Handshake docs covering decentralized root-zone ownership
Handshake Decentralized SLDs — Proposal for ERC-721 second-level domains anchored to Handshake TLDs
Handshake Tools — DANE, site-check, login, and protocol tooling for the Handshake ecosystem
Resolving Handshake Domains — Handypedia guide comparing hsd, hnsd, Fingertip, Beacon, and remote resolvers
Bob Wallet — GUI wallet for Handshake name management
Handshake DNS Replacement Guide — 10-step guide to replacing DNS with Handshake (December 2025)
Alternative DNS Systems - ENS, Handshake — Comparison of decentralized DNS alternatives
A Practical Guide to Decentralized Websites — Deploying decentralized websites using ENS, IPFS, Filecoin, and Safe
Tokenized DNS Domains with Doma and ENS — Doma Protocol enabling DNS domains to function as ENS names

Namecoin

Namecoin — Experimental decentralized DNS and identity using Bitcoin infrastructure
Namecoin Post-Quantum TLS — Research on PQ-resistant Namecoin TLS implementation
Namecoin FOSDEM 2026 — Namecoin and Tor PKI presentation announcement for FOSDEM 2026

Mesh network naming

zhoreeq/meshname — Universal naming system for all IPv6-based mesh networks (CJDNS, Yggdrasil)

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Briefings6 latest

Decentralized DNS Monday — October 05 2026 Weekly Update2026-10-05 2026-10-05 Decentralized DNS Monday — September 28 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-28 2026-09-28 Decentralized DNS Monday — September 21 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-21 2026-09-21 Decentralized DNS Monday — September 14 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-14 2026-09-14 Decentralized DNS Monday — September 07 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-07 2026-09-07 Decentralized DNS Monday — August 31 2026 Weekly Update2026-08-31 2026-08-31

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