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

bunch of retards at #monero today
if they really thinking it's bloat, then they should consider what actual malicious adversaries could perform by using tx_extra with better spam strategies... and then address that...
cause XNS isnt even bloat nor by an actual malicious adversary...
if wanting to bloat, there would be better ways... just sayin...
so like they literally just dumb over there at #monero
and pretty sure the whole i2p xns thing is already pretty niche so like, not that many users in the first place to cause such "spam", they really dumb in the head
and it costs an actual burn transaction too, unlike mordinals i think which were only tx fee? with actual burn transaction that means NGU 👀

XNS + I2P = right to exist without permission

until the "Luke Dashjr" from monero corporation says it cant exist, then it needs the "Luke Dashjr" permission to exist