[BITList] The Internet

[John Feltham]

G'day Folks,


"From the 1980s through the early 2000s, the dominant internet services were built on open protocols that the internet community controlled. For example, the Domain Name System, the internet’s “phone book,” is controlled by a distributed network of people and organizations, using rules that are created and administered in the open. This means that anyone who adheres to community standards can own a domain name and establish an internet presence. It also means that the power of companies operating web and email hosting is kept in check—if they misbehave, customers can port their domain names to competing providers."

https://www.wired.com/story/how-blockchain-can-wrest-the-internet-from-corporations/ <https://www.wired.com/story/how-blockchain-can-wrest-the-internet-from-corporations/>

I would support ‘people power’ before any commercial power.

ooroo



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