another "permissionless" solution built on top of something that is inherently prone to get rugged - DNS system.
its already bad enough that lightning network is based on public ips (yes, i know you can also run it on tor, thx) which is a huge privacy leak and potential vulnerability.
until we need things that require someone elses permission (ip, dns etc) we'll always be one step behind. We need to change the foundation and pull the control out at its roots.
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What would be DNS-free Relay ID's?
Also npubs?
Any discussion on this that you know of (GitHub or other)?
(I've not following that and need to know for the UI side of things)
far from exhaustive list but some things to look at
- Named data networking
( @gsovereignty has a nostrovia episode on this)
- things built on DHT like pkarr (https://github.com/Nuhvi/pkarr)
- gnu name system

Named Data Networking (NDN)
Named Data Networking: Executive Summary - Named Data Networking (NDN)
The Internet’s hourglass architecture made its design elegant and powerful. The heart of this architecture is a simple, universal network lay...
The GNU Name System
This document provides the GNU Name System (GNS) technical
specification.
GNS is a decentralized and censorship-resistant domain name
...
Nostr will eventually get there