The field of internet infrastructure is moving towards decentralized and censorship-resistant solutions. Researchers are exploring the use of blockchain technology to create more secure and resilient domain name systems. Additionally, there is a growing focus on understanding and exploiting the differences in censorship mechanisms between IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Studies have shown that IPv6 offers new opportunities for censorship circumvention, and that current censorship systems are often less effective or less comprehensive in IPv6 networks. This has significant implications for the development of new tools and techniques to evade censorship and promote internet freedom. Noteworthy papers include:

• A blockchain-based Decentralized Domain Name System that achieves 15-second domain record propagation times and supports 20 standard DNS record types.
• ProtoScan, a system for measuring censorship in IPv6, which finds that countries censor IPv6 traffic differently than IPv4 traffic.
• Mind the IP Gap, a study that measures the impact of IPv6 on DNS censorship and finds that censors' policies are often inconsistent and less effective in IPv6 networks.