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Ezra Reguerra34 minutes agoDecentralized naming could bring ‘next billion’ users to BitcoinSpaces Protocol founder Mike Carson argues that in light of the recent Squarespace DNS attack, domains should be decentralized and put on the blockchain.257 Total views1 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onAs centralized domain incidents highlight security flaws, an executive argued that decentralized naming on the Bitcoin network would be a better alternative for domain names. 


Mike Carson, the founder of the Bitcoin-based naming project Spaces Protocol, said everyone currently relies on trusted third parties for their usernames and domain names. However, an incident involving decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols relying on Squarespace’s registry system highlighted problems in the current setup. 


On July 11, an attack on the Squarespace DNS registry affected over 100 crypto projects. The vulnerability threatened the DeFi space with phishing attacks, which resulted in funds being lost. 


Carson believes that this highlights a need for decentralized domains and argues that it should be on Bitcoin, the most secure and decentralized blockchain.Domains are digital assets that should be on a blockchain


Carson, who founded the domain name back-ordering service Park.io and co-founded software firm Wizehive, told Cointelegraph that domains should be on a blockchain. After years of working with domain registrars, the executive realized that domains should be decentralized. He explained: “When I owned and managed three ICANN-accredited registrars and worked with various registries and registry operators, I realized that domain names are digital assets and should be managed on a blockchain and not by centralized trusted third parties.”


The executive also compared domain name registrars to banks and Bitcoin (BTC). Carson argued that people should not be forced to rely on a third party to secure their domains. “Why should we have to ask permission to use our money or our names,” he asked. 


Furthermore, Carson also highlighted other incidents of government censorship that highlighted the importance of having decentralized domains. In 2017, the Spanish government raided the offices of DotCat(.cat) domains that promoted Catalan independence. 


The executive also pointed toward the blocking of high-profile social media accounts and said that this also highlights the importance of decentralized usernames and domain names. 


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Carson, who also previously contributed core code to the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and Handshake (HNS), argued that the best solution for domains is Bitcoin. He said that this is very important that they feel like it’s inevitable. Carson explained: “Bitcoin is the most secure and decentralized proof-of-work blockchain, by far. It makes sense that decentralized naming should be anchored in the Bitcoin block space.”


The executive said they built the Spaces Protocol on Bitcoin with these in mind. Carson also added that they built the protocol with “cypherpunk” ideals. “There is no separate token, no premine and no foundation. No changes to the Bitcoin protocol are necessary,” he added. 


Carson added that they built Spaces to scale to billions of names while only leaving a small footprint on the Bitcoin block space. He added: “I think decentralized naming can bring the next billion users to Bitcoin. There are hundreds of millions of domain names and social media companies have billions of users.”


The domain professional also argued that if anything is as important as money for society, it is naming. “Blockspace on the Bitcoin blockchain is valuable because it is the most secure and decentralized ledger in existence. The first killer app built to utilize this was Bitcoin as money. The next will be naming.”


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