Opennic: Open and community owned DNS root
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OpenNIC is a community-operated alternative DNS root system designed to provide censorship-resistant, non-corporate DNS resolution through volunteer-run servers and custom top-level domains (.bbs, .chan, .geek, etc.), eliminating ISP-based DNS hijacking and surveillance.
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Looking for an open and democratic alternative DNS root? Concerned about censorship? might be the solution for you! Find Out More Discover Sites Your closest servers: (view all) Want to learn more or chat with us? Click here to get in touch! DNS Neutrality No corporation should be able to say what websites are or aren’t available to us. By using our volunteer-provided DNS servers you no longer have to question your ISPs motives, and can rest assured that your connection to the Internet is not being censored by your DNS servers. No Cost We are a non profit organization and do not charge money for access to our DNS services, including the proposal/request of new TLDs. Free to use, and completely operated by volunteers, so there’s no financial pressure to corrupt our organization. New volunteers welcome! Stop DNS Hijacking Have you ever typed a wrong URL into your browser only to be met with an ISP-owned search page? The domain you tried to visit, ads you click, and the searches you do can all be collected by your ISP for any number of nefarious purposes. You can stop this behavior with OpenNIC servers, which lets DNS work the way it was meant to: in your control. New Top-Level Domains! OpenNIC's TLDs grant you access to a whole new space on the web. These domains can only be accessed using our democratic nameservers . Once you're in, click a button below to register your free domain! .bbs .chan .cyb .dyn .geek .gopher .indy .libre .neo .null .o .oss .oz .parody .pirate Anybody with the right experience can apply to run their own TLD on our network! Learn More . Peered Networks We are peered with many different alternative DNS roots to give you easy access to a multitude of different namespaces, all from one server. Emercoin We've partnered with Emercoin to bring you access to the .lib , .coin , .emc , and .bazar TLDs. Learn more . New Nations New Nations ' TLDs provide namespaces for emerging countries, accessible anywhere via OpenNIC. Learn more . FurNIC Providing resolution to any .fur domain through all of our Tier 2 resolvers. Learn more . Everything is accessible through our global network of DNS resolvers . If you operate an alternative DNS root, get in touch ! Donate We provide all this completely free of charge! Please, if you are able, consider running a Tier 2 server or make a donation: BTC: 1yM2wmPrRLSXkatn5oFLjhpXzTwDvNCpp ETH: 0x8111dc2100a2aCA8138c49B4A10766eF481530a6 XMR: 45ddJYG1m6g21pJabJS5dvJDe8mW5obu9QreK7dxAMgJCGNP1A3J6Cub8zGic9pKbjXcwSghzFTr4RmGta5xVhsHNtZpJAK We appreciate any and all donations, no matter the size!