November 2, 2022 – Lisbon, Portugal

The newly shaped member-led alliance will help the event of Internet 3.0 domains and work to struggle unhealthy actors, cybersquatting and area collisions in Internet 3.0.

At this time, the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance was shaped – a brand new coalition that goals to advertise the technological development and interoperability of Internet 3.0 area registries and enhance the expertise of Internet 3.0 customers.

The alliance will search to forestall malicious phishing assaults, unhealthy actors impersonating Internet 3.0 ‘top-level domains’ (W3TLDs), cybersquatting and Internet 3.0 area collisions.

The member-led group contains main blockchain and Internet 3.0 naming gamers – Unstoppable Domains (.crypto, .nft, .x, .pockets, .bitcoin, .dao, .888, .zil and .blockchain), Bonfida (.sol), Tezos Domains (.tez), Polkadot Title System (.dot), Hedera (.hbar), Syscoin (.sys) and klaytn.domains (.klay) – which can be working collectively to offer safety for Internet 3.0 domains.

This cross-chain coalition contains naming programs throughout the Polygon, Ethereum, Solana, Tezos, Polkadot, Hedera and Klayton blockchains.

Whereas conventional Internet 2.0 domains are organized by the Web Company for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an American nonprofit group chargeable for coordinating namespace databases, there isn’t any such governing physique or alliance in Internet 3.0.

Internet 3.0 domains – equivalent to sandy.nft, nate.hbar or sarah.sol – present infrastructure that enables folks to personal their Internet 3.0 id and knowledge on the Web. With demand for Internet 3.0 domains booming, there are nonetheless no set trade requirements to forestall points like fraud or naming collisions inside Internet 3.0.

Along with working alongside stakeholders within the Internet 3.0 trade to form these requirements, the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance goals to proactively have interaction in discussions with ICANN to extend ICANN’s consciousness and recognition of W3TLDs.

A Internet 3.0 area is an important element of an individual’s Internet 3.0 digital id. It may be used, amongst different issues, to ship and obtain cryptocurrency rather than prolonged alphanumeric pockets addresses, offering the holder with an easy-to-read Internet 3.0 area, equivalent to sandy.nft.

A Internet 3.0 area will also be used for web site internet hosting, safe e mail forwarding and as a single sign-on technique for a lot of apps, video games, metaverses and extra. Internet 3.0 domains are minted on the blockchain and saved in a person’s pockets, placing extra management within the fingers of the proprietor.

Firms are additionally recognizing the benefit of utilizing branded W3TLDs, equivalent to ‘.blockchain’ or ‘.klever,’ and the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance pledges to collaborate on methods to not solely shield their mental property rights but additionally to guard customers to allow them to work together confidently with their favourite manufacturers in Internet 3.0.

The Internet 3.0 Area Alliance strives to standardize and shield present and future Internet 3.0 domains and to forestall unhealthy actors from introducing naming collisions, which make it tough for customers to navigate this new expertise and belief these they work together with.

Amongst different initiatives, the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance will work in direction of alignment on the mental property rights of all Internet 3.0 naming providers, and the way finest to keep away from client hurt.

Members of the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance will work collectively to advertise the event of the Internet 3.0 naming trade. They will even pledge to teach customers, regulators and trade members on the distinctiveness, technological innovation and utility of Internet 3.0 domains, and advocate for affordable governance and recognition of Internet 3.0 naming providers by browsers, tech companions, Internet 2.0 corporations and different stakeholders.

Sandy Carter, SVP and channel chief of Unstoppable Domains, mentioned,

“As a member of the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance, we’re pledging to assist shield folks’s Internet 3.0 identities, guaranteeing that Internet 3.0 will adhere to the very best international requirements and practices attainable. We’re nonetheless within the dial up section of Internet 3.0, and lots of are nonetheless working to grasp the house. The Alliance is crucial to supporting the event of our house so folks can discover Internet 3.0 safely and securely.”

bonfida.sol mentioned,

“We imagine that an alliance of this nature is essential to defending the domains of tomorrow. We’ve got a accountability on this trade to create a protected Internet 3.0 surroundings to make sure widespread adoption. The Internet 3.0 Area Alliance is about safeguarding the integrity of the trade and standing collectively towards malicious exercise that will threaten our trade.”

Andrew Paulicek, founding father of Tezos Domains, mentioned,

“As a part of Internet 3.0 Area Alliance, Tezos Domains will leverage its confirmed expertise and experience to assist coordinate and regulate the quickly rising Internet 3.0 area house and permit Internet 3.0 fanatics throughout the globe to take part in a wholesome and truthful ecosystem.”

Ryan Ye, co-founder of PNS (Polkadot Naming Service), mentioned,

“Internet 3.0 relies on the rules of decentralization, inclusivity and equity, so organizations just like the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance are of paramount significance if we need to unlock its full potential whereas concurrently guaranteeing customers can take pleasure in probably the most seamless, participating and multichain expertise.”

Nate Western, co-founder and head of Internet 3.0 at pieFi and Hash Title Service (on Hedera), mentioned,

“The necessity for a Internet 3.0 Area Alliance displays the significance of group being in every little thing we do. Suppliers can and will collaborate to keep away from confusion and disarray in domains. It will enable us to have a very international, inclusive community the place customers have management over their identities. This may also help join us all.”

Apps, video games, metaverses and naming programs thinking about getting concerned with the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance can attain out right here or go to the web site to study extra.

About Internet 3.0 Area Alliance

Based in 2022, the Internet 3.0 Area Alliance is a member-led, member-driven group devoted to bettering the technological and public coverage environments for customers of Internet 3.0 naming providers.

It exists to advertise the event of the Internet 3.0 naming trade and the functioning of Internet 3.0 area registries with and throughout blockchain-based and conventional net functions.

The Internet 3.0 Area Alliance can be devoted to the technological development and interoperability of Internet 3.0 area registries.

Contact

Nora Chan, Internet 3.0 Area Alliance