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“On-chain” domain registrar files patent.
Blockchain-based domain name registration company 3DNS has filed a patent application for Blockchain-Based Domain Name Registrar and Management System (pdf).
The company summarizes the invention as:
Introduced here are techniques/technologies that allow a blockchain-based domain name registrar and management system to convert domain names and their corresponding DNS records into on-chain assets that are stored and managed directly on a blockchain. The blockchain-based registrar system uses smart contracts, on the Ethereum network, to support the features and functions required by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to be an accredited domain registrar. More specifically, the blockchain-based registrar system supports full feature parity with traditional web2 registrars, allowing for new domain names to be registered and existing domain names to be transferred and renewed.
One of the claims makes this a bit easier to understand:
3DNS founder Paul Gauvreau shared his vision for an on-chain domain name registrar in DNW Podcast #460.
The company filed a provisional patent application on September 21, 2022, and filed the full application in June 2023. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published it today.
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