XNS + I2P = Unstoppable Freedom

damn nice wtf :O
well, still very techy, like, actually gotta run an SMTP server thing and whatnot or somethin somethin, but like yea as an actual solution to centralized DNS and whatnot, that's actually next level so massive props there like wtf :O
big cheers on that! <3

Big fan of the project, seems to be coming along nicely!
Could this work for clearnet as well, or is there something I'm missing?

@Nebuchadnezzar_II

Could this work for clearnet as well, or is there something I'm missing?

as a temporary response, asked the llm, here's answer i got (no cause would make it centralized):

For OpenAlias/Monero payments — yes, already works on clearnet. You just query an indexer via HTTP, get the public key, derive the address. No Tor/I2P needed.

For websites, email, or general services on clearnet — no, not natively. XNS maps names to Ed25519 public keys, not to IP addresses. There's no way to derive an IP from a key. Tor and I2P work because their routing is key-based (the onion address / I2P destination IS derived from the public key). Clearnet DNS requires A/AAAA/MX records pointing to IPs, which XNS doesn't store.

It's architecturally possible to build a bridge (e.g., a DNS server that resolves .xns → IP via some external mapping, or an SMTP relay that accepts mail for *.xns and forwards based on XNS lookups), but that doesn't exist yet and would reintroduce a central point of trust — the bridge operator.

this project deserves donation https://xns.rocks/donate