How can we keep domains working long after our death? – Chuck Grimmett

This is a topic I've written on as well, and there is still much to figure out. This post is only focused on keeping a domain name registered for a very long time. I hadn't considered the ability to let visitors chip in to keep a domain live. That is interesting.

Something that doesn't come up in these conversations that we need to consider though is that domains maybe shouldn't be a persons forever. If there was a Bob Thingelstad that bought thingelstad.com before me and held it for 400 years I would be annoyed. Maybe there is a different thought we need to have where a domain name registration and configuration could be bound in time? Imagine being able to see "resolve thingelstad.com as it was in Nov 2019".

This article also ignores the Blockchain methods of holding names. ENS also expires, but you can easily buy it for a duration that is very long. It is also very easy for other people to pay for extending an ENS that they don't own, so that crowdsourcing thing is mostly done already. But ENS held forever would have the same first-mover advantage that would be a problem after a few generations.