[briatx]

DNS has always been decentralized. I mean, first sentence on wikipedia:

> The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network.

[deweller]

From the article:

> While DNS is already fairly decentralized, the centralization exists because of ICANN’s gatekeeper control .... ICANN ultimately has control over what internet names are acceptable – and serves as a singular point of failure.

[jude-]

Nothing stops you or anyone from running your own DNS root. The "hard part" of making a global DNS deployment operational isn't developing the technology; it's getting everyone to agree on all the particulars of the deployment.

[zeroxfe]

Decentralization can occur across many axes -- our public DNS infrastructure, for example, does not have decentralized registration or governance, which is what matters for things like privacy or censorship resistance.

[troquerre]

I work at Namebase. This 100%. Importantly, the root of trust for SSL is not decentralized. Any one of the 600 CAs your computer trusts can compromise your HTTPS requests. The most interesting thing about Handshake from a security angle is it shifts the root of trust from the CA hierarchy to a decentralized blockchain system, which can significantly improve the security of SSL.