JEFF BOOTH TALKS DNS ON BITCOIN
The missing piece of a truly sovereign internet has always been the name itself. Jeff Booth has long argued that Bitcoin does not merely change money; it forces every layer of the digital stack to confront the same choice between permission and freedom.
In a discussion with Bitcoin Chris, highlighted by the channel curious@bitcoin, Booth returns to DNS on Bitcoin and the role of Nostr.
The observation is simple and sharp: Nostr already functions as a kind of social DNS, yet the underlying naming systems people still rely on remain centralized, revocable, and ultimately controlled by registrars, certificate authorities, and platform operators.
The video points directly at the practical answer already live on Bitcoin mainnet: Spaces Protocol.
Spaces Protocol is a sovereign naming system native to Bitcoin. Handles such as alice@bitcoin live primarily off-chain, while Bitcoin’s proof-of-work anchors the trust. No new token, no bridge, no slashing, no optimistic security model, and no soft fork. The result is human-readable Bitcoin identities, Nostr usernames, wallet names, and payment destinations that are as hard to censor as the chain itself.
To be clear, Jeff Booth talks about the importance of DNS on Bitcoin and NOSTR. I make the connection that perhaps NOSTR can be used in the backend with relays and that Spaces Protocol could potentially be the solution we need to decentralize naming. Domain names, Digital usernames including NOSTR usernames, Human readable bitcoin addresses and more.
Full Article: https://bitbane.com/jeff-booth-talks-dns-on-bitcoin/ #Bitcoin #JeffBooth #Nostr #SpacesProtocol
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