The other interesting thing with this example. Someone on the FT staff could have the handle “@reporters-name.ft.com”. If/when they leave FT, Ft could revoke that domain record and their handle would no longer be valid. I think? Or does it remain valid forever after initial verification?
yeah- decentralized verification by relying on existing registrars & DNS is obv move if you're trying to empower your users instead of trap them into your walled garden platform
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