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Greg Slepak: The Turtle Crawl Towards Internet Decentralization

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Amidst all the discussion of alternative uses of blockchains, it is often forgotten that the very first fork of Bitcoin, Namecoin, pursued a daring vision for a decentralized, censorship-resistant internet. Greg Slepak, co-founder of the okTurtles Foundation joined us for an interesting discussion of DNS, Namecoin and how blockchains can be used to decentralize the internet.

Topics covered in this episode:

  • What DNS is and the role it plays in the architecture of the internet
  • What man-in-the-middle attacks are and why certificate authorities offer poor protection
  • How certificate authorities, SSL, IP routing and VPNs work
  • Why the current model is broken from a privacy and security perspective
  • How Namecoin and the blockchain could enable a decentralized and more secure internet
  • The security risks when online identity is tied to a private key and how they could be mitigated
  • What DNSChain is and what projects okTurtles is working on

    • Episode links:

    • okTurtles Foundation
    • Namecoin Primer
    • Namecoin Website
    • Airplane Wifi is not safe
    • DNSChain demo

      • This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/089

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