# IPNS naming (a sort of DNS) using Filecoin blockchain

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**Created:** [December 27, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-naming-a-sort-of-dns-using-filecoin-blockchain/1731 "2017-12-27T16:18:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-naming-a-sort-of-dns-using-filecoin-blockchain/1731/3 "2017-12-29T10:58:23Z")

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According to the Filecoin Whitepaper, the developers see a decentralized naming system as one of the possible future use cases. So I assume you would be able to micropay in ƒ, and the system would store your name record. Don’t know about hierarchies. But since URLs are basically paths, I think you’d only need to register the domain, e.g. `skynet.ipfs`, and all subdomains like `blue.skynet.ipfs` and paths like `skynet.ipfs/haskell/lib/parser/*` would be covered. (?) There will also be a _Bridge_, e.g. to the Ethereum blockchain et al., so the Ethereum Name System would in my view be compatible.

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