Unstoppable Domains Launches Web3 Alliance and Seeks Self-Regulatory Guidance
The cross-chain coalition includes Bonfida, Tezos Domains, Polkadot Name System, Hedera, Syscoin, and Klaytn Name Service.
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Interoperability in Web3 domains is now a priority for a cross-chain coalition of leading blockchain and Web3 players that formed the Web3 Domain Alliance, announced November 2 at the Web Summit in Lisbon.
Sandy Carter, senior vice president and chain manager at Unstoppable Domains, told Cointelegraph that the group will work together to protect the namespace on Web3:
"There is no ICANN [Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers] for Web3. We don't think there should be. We think there should be some sort of self-regulation in the spirit and philosophy of Web3. We believe that there should be a group like this, which helps to discuss and talk about this. This is the group that we just announced today.
The alliance aims to prevent malicious phishing attacks, malicious actors impersonating Web3 "top-level domains", cybersquatting, and Web3 domain collisions. Participants also include Bonfida, Tezos Domains, Polkadot Name System, Hedera, Syscoin, and Klaytn Name Service. “We invited all naming services to join us,” Carter said.
The self-regulatory program also prompted Unstoppable Domains to join the Open Metaverse Alliance, a group of blockchain-based metaverses and Web3 platforms that since July have been working to overcome interoperability challenges. in the industry, especially on digital identity and avatar standards in the metaverses.
"We joined this because we believe we should be self-regulating boards, and we believe more of these will be created, so it may be self-regulation versus forced regulation by a central organization," Carter noted.
Describing himself as an evangelist who educates people on the value proposition of data ownership, Carter believes that the relationship between users and digital privacy will change dramatically for future generations, and education about data ownership data remains a huge challenge in space. Carter said:
"The biggest [challenge] today is for people to understand what it's all about. I often tell people that I'm really an educator, that's what I do, I'm an evangelist who explain the...
The cross-chain coalition includes Bonfida, Tezos Domains, Polkadot Name System, Hedera, Syscoin, and Klaytn Name Service.
Event
Interoperability in Web3 domains is now a priority for a cross-chain coalition of leading blockchain and Web3 players that formed the Web3 Domain Alliance, announced November 2 at the Web Summit in Lisbon.
Sandy Carter, senior vice president and chain manager at Unstoppable Domains, told Cointelegraph that the group will work together to protect the namespace on Web3:
"There is no ICANN [Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers] for Web3. We don't think there should be. We think there should be some sort of self-regulation in the spirit and philosophy of Web3. We believe that there should be a group like this, which helps to discuss and talk about this. This is the group that we just announced today.
The alliance aims to prevent malicious phishing attacks, malicious actors impersonating Web3 "top-level domains", cybersquatting, and Web3 domain collisions. Participants also include Bonfida, Tezos Domains, Polkadot Name System, Hedera, Syscoin, and Klaytn Name Service. “We invited all naming services to join us,” Carter said.
The self-regulatory program also prompted Unstoppable Domains to join the Open Metaverse Alliance, a group of blockchain-based metaverses and Web3 platforms that since July have been working to overcome interoperability challenges. in the industry, especially on digital identity and avatar standards in the metaverses.
"We joined this because we believe we should be self-regulating boards, and we believe more of these will be created, so it may be self-regulation versus forced regulation by a central organization," Carter noted.
Describing himself as an evangelist who educates people on the value proposition of data ownership, Carter believes that the relationship between users and digital privacy will change dramatically for future generations, and education about data ownership data remains a huge challenge in space. Carter said:
"The biggest [challenge] today is for people to understand what it's all about. I often tell people that I'm really an educator, that's what I do, I'm an evangelist who explain the...
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