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* New.Net/VendareMedia/Connexus: a commercial alternative root that sought to compete with [[.com]], [[.net]], and other TLDs. that attempted to work directly with internet service providers to activate their domain names automatically at the network level. The founders developed proprietary technology to allow their domain-naming system to exist alongside ICANN.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070612090152/http://www.new.net/about_us_mission.tp Mission, About Us, New.Net, Web Archives]</ref>
* New.Net/VendareMedia/Connexus: a commercial alternative root that sought to compete with [[.com]], [[.net]], and other TLDs. that attempted to work directly with internet service providers to activate their domain names automatically at the network level. The founders developed proprietary technology to allow their domain-naming system to exist alongside ICANN.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070612090152/http://www.new.net/about_us_mission.tp Mission, About Us, New.Net, Web Archives]</ref>
* Nokia Blockchain DNS: In early December 2021, Nokia Technologies acquire U.S. Patent No. 11,196,573 for a secure decentralized domain name system for the IoT and private resident usage of the blockchain for security.<ref>[https://domainnamewire.com/2021/12/07/nokia-gets-blockchain-dns-patent/ Nokia Gets Blockchain DNS Patent, Domain Name Wire]</ref>
* OpenNIC: a user-owned and -controlled top-level Network Information Center offering a non-national alternative to traditional Top-Level Domain (TLD) registries.<ref>[https://wiki.opennic.org/ Wiki, OpenNIC]</ref>
* OpenNIC: a user-owned and -controlled top-level Network Information Center offering a non-national alternative to traditional Top-Level Domain (TLD) registries.<ref>[https://wiki.opennic.org/ Wiki, OpenNIC]</ref>