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→Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed
==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==
==Reasons Alternative Root Projects Have Developed==
==For [[IDN]]s==
* In the first decade of the 2000s, individuals, organizations, and nation-states grew inpatient at ICANN's slow advancement of supporting international
languages and scripts in gTLDs and ccTLDs, leading [[SSAC]] to release "SAC009: Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots: Conflict, Control and Consequences," to encourage ICANN to move more quickly and to warn parties interested in operating alternative root name services or managing alternative TLDs that such activities would not be likely to succeed financially or logistically.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/alt-tlds-roots-report-31mar06-en.pdf SAC009, SSAC, 03/31/2006]</ref>
===To Limit the Flow of Information===
===To Limit the Flow of Information===
* Russia and China are working on alternative root projects to have more control over their citizens' use of and exposure to the internet.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/russia-moves-toward-creation-of-an-independent-internet/a-42172902 Russia Moves Toward Creation of an Independent Internet, DW]</ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/blog/2019-beginning-end-open-internet-era Robert Knake, The Beginning of the End of the Open Internet Era, Council on Foreign Relations Blog]</ref>
* Russia and China are working on alternative root projects to have more control over their citizens' use of and exposure to the internet.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/russia-moves-toward-creation-of-an-independent-internet/a-42172902 Russia Moves Toward Creation of an Independent Internet, DW]</ref><ref>[https://www.cfr.org/blog/2019-beginning-end-open-internet-era Robert Knake, The Beginning of the End of the Open Internet Era, Council on Foreign Relations Blog]</ref>
* In 2005, [[Paul Vixie]], a member of the [[ISC]] F-Root team and involved in maintaining [[BIND]], a popular open-source implementation of DNS, suggested to [[RSSAC]] that [[ICANN]] create an alternate root zone so that the technical community could add features like [[IDN|internationalized domain names]], [[IPv6]], and [[DNSSEC]] without disrupting older DNS behavior.<ref>[https://circleid.com/posts/20160330_let_me_make_yeti_dns_perfectly_clear Vixie, Let Me Make Yeti-DNS Perfectly Clear, CircleID]</ref>
* In 2005, [[Paul Vixie]], a member of the [[ISC]] F-Root team and involved in maintaining [[BIND]], a popular open-source implementation of DNS, suggested to [[RSSAC]] that [[ICANN]] create an alternate root zone so that the technical community could add features like [[IDN|internationalized domain names]], [[IPv6]], and [[DNSSEC]] without disrupting older DNS behavior.<ref>[https://circleid.com/posts/20160330_let_me_make_yeti_dns_perfectly_clear Vixie, Let Me Make Yeti-DNS Perfectly Clear, CircleID]</ref>
* Advances in authentication: Blockchain relies on a new security model of validation, reducing individual credential management.
* Advances in authentication: Blockchain relies on a new security model of validation, reducing individual credential management.
===[[Data Privacy]]===
===[[Data Privacy]]===
* Individual chooses relationships and connections, offering privacy and data protection, as all data and personal information are stored by the individual making the connections.<ref>Tyler Mason, GoDaddy Blockchain Domain Names Webinar, 12/1/2021</ref>
* Individual chooses relationships and connections, offering privacy and data protection, as all data and personal information are stored by the individual making the connections.<ref>Tyler Mason, GoDaddy Blockchain Domain Names Webinar, 12/1/2021</ref>
===Peer-to-Peer Transactions===
===Peer-to-Peer Transactions===
Individuals can make transactions with each other directly; they do not need intermediary companies.
Individuals can make transactions with each other directly; they do not need intermediary companies.
===Uncensored Activities===
===Uncensored Activities===