>Ultimately, someone has to be in control of who is or is not part of that decentralized network
replyEthereum is an unpermissioned network. Anyone is free to join or leave at anytime.
>how are you preventing me from saying "I'm part of the .crypto registry, totes.")
The registry would be a smart contract. There doesn't fundamentally need to be an owner.
>how are you preventing me from saying "I'm part of the .crypto registry, totes.")
Name resolving doesn't have to be done by ICANN's domain name system. You can have alternates that do not depend on centralized servers.
Blockchains have complicated permission systems which isn't the same as having no permission systems. Remember when Vitalik reversed a DAO smart contract transaction he disagreed with? It leaves a cloud of mistrust over Ethereum to this day. There's no reason to think it couldn't happen again.
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