ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet

In this episode, David sits down to explain how wanting the Pizza.Pizza domain led him down a rabbit hole to discovering some interesting facts about how the internet works. Who decides what domains are available? How much does it cost to start one? And is it true that there are seven people with special keys that control the internet? David gets to the bottom of it all! We hope you enjoy.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 The story begins
05:31 Looking for who owns pizza.pizza
10:51 Managing IP Addresses
16:29 Ad break
16:31 DNS explainer
30:46 Ad break
30:48 Key Signing Key Ceremony
43:43 Going to the location
52:10 Transparency with the ceremony
58:19 So who owns pizza.pizza?
01:01:42 Tangent into David's master plan for all of his domains
01:06:19 Weown.pizza
01:06:55 Outro

Links:
ICANN Key Ceremony 47: https://bit.ly/ICANNKSK47
WeOwn.Pizza: https://bit.ly/3Cea0yu

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