@dangillmor I have seen pretty much every not-for-profit make the same shift either explicitly or covertly. ICANN was supposed to be non profit, they worked out how to charge a quarter million dollars to register a domain and they don’t even pay to run the DNS root.

I see no reason not to expect Signal to do the same. The involvement with crypto-Ponzi coins showed malicious intent in my view and it is a walled garden. Only Signal can provide the service to Signal users.

@hallam @pete_wright Verisign has a $1 contract IIRC with IANA for A root. ICANN runs L root. Others are run by universities or USG, and have since before ICANN. That’s part of the problem. ICANN doesn’t regulate the roots or have any control beyond trying to coordinate and talk with them.

ICANN even modified their bylaws to remove reference to being responsible - an acknowledgment of reality.

@thedarktangent @pete_wright Interesting, its a long time since I worked for VRSN.

VRSN still has the A and the J servers which is kinda weird since they are ANYCASTing and so they don't need two slots.