Seven members of blockchain integration study group — ICANN names

Group must hurry to make determinations ahead of fresh TLD application window closes.

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ICANN has disclosed the seven members of a Technical Study Group that will look into connections between blockchain naming systems and DNS:

Sebastien Ducos, Unstoppable Domains
Nick Johnson, ENS Domains
Brian Lonergan, Identity Digital
Georgia Osborn, Security and Stability Advisory Committee
Don Ruiz, Orange Domains LLC
Swapneel Sheth, Verisign
Suzanne Woolf, Public Interest Registry

Officially, the group is called the Technical Study Group on Fresh gTLD Integrations with Alternative Naming Systems.

Unstoppable Domains and ENS Domains have issued alt-root top level domains based on blockchain technology. ENS operates Ethereum Name Service. Orange Domains operates .locker, an ICANN-issued TLD that integrates with the Bitcoin Name Service.

The group will have to quickly come to a determination on the risks of these integrations and what ought to be allowed: many top level domain name applications will be dependent on what ICANN ultimately decides. The deadline to apply for a top level domain is August 12.

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