So to solve the centralization of dns we add another layer of complicated infrastructure that people need to run besides already unprofitable relays? I dont think that solves anything besides another year or two of development efforts wasted on making using nostr even more complicated for people

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I more or less agree. I'm in the "ICANN is pretty okay" boat. I think it's helpful to illustrate what it would take if Nostr wants off ICANN DNS but still secure connections to relays and mints leveraging uniqueness + human readability (without which I very much doubt any alternative can scale). The only honest option IMO is blockchain domains, and that is about the minimum cost to integrate them. But again as you point out, what does all that really solve versus just chilling out about ICANN?