I’ve reviewed the ICANN TSG draft on gTLD integrations with alternative naming systems and compared it with @unstoppableweb’s email explaining why they’ve backtracked on several Web3 TLDs they had previously said they would apply for through ICANN. The truth has been stretched very thin here, I’ll explain why in the 🧵below. I’d welcome comment from @unstoppableweb, @mattgould, @sandy_carter (ex UD), Sebastien Ducos or others on the referances & inferences I have made to the TSG. TL;DR - Some of the claims in that email appear to be inaccurate, or at least a significant stretch of what the draft actually says. The email says: “ICANN’s planned integration rules would require every name in an integrated namespace to be registered in the DNS and paid for, and for registrants to disclose their data.” This is not what the TSG draft says. The draft is not final policy or rules, does not require every Web3 name to be live in DNS, does not require every holder to pay DNS fees, and does not require full personal data disclosure. #icann #gtld #domains #udfam