I&#x27;m not sure one can &quot;own&quot; the domain.<p>Well, IANA does. Then, if it&#x27;s a ccTLD, your NIR (controlled by your government) does. Then the registrar you&#x27;ve registered domain name with does. They all do lease it to you (although legal agreements sort of say you &quot;own&quot; it, it&#x27;s not a true ownership), but in practice they can take away your identity at any time they see fit or forced to. Or impersonate you, without your consent or <i>even knowledge</i>. I think we&#x27;ve heard about enough domain name seizures to not assume they&#x27;re something owned. And an identity that can be seized or revoked is something that&#x27;s just not right.<p>I really want an identity system without <i>need</i> to <i>trust</i> any third parties to work. I walk in a store, I say &quot;hi&quot;, they say &quot;hi&quot;, and we&#x27;re good. Just like it used to be with usernames and passwords, but without obvious issues passwords have. Notaries are absolutely useful, but they should <i>assert</i> identities (&quot;yep, we know this dud, he&#x27;s cool&quot;), not <i>provide</i> them.