Show HN: Kinetic – an experimental decentralized naming protocol

Category: infrastructure

Tags: decentralized-naming, vdf, dht, rust, dns

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Kinetic is an experimental decentralized naming protocol that replaces traditional DNS and blockchain-based naming with Verifiable Delay Functions and a Kademlia DHT, secured purely by computational proofs rather than fees. It offers free, permanent domain registration for .kin domains, with a unique two-phase commit/reveal workflow and mobile delegation via Nostr. The project combines cryptographic VDFs, adversarial DHT design, and seamless split-DNS integration, making it a novel approach to internet identity and domain resolution.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, security engineers

Repository: https://github.com/saifmukhtar/kinetic · Rust · Apache-2.0

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