Decentralized system for securely resolving domain names

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a first server associated with a first federated network and from a first user device, an encrypted communication intended for a second user device associated with a second federated network, wherein the encrypted communication comprises a domain name of the second federated network;
• querying a look-up table stored in a distributed ledger, using the domain name of the second federated network, to resolve a network address of the second federated network;
• receiving, based on the querying the look-up table, a response, wherein the response comprises a network address of the second federated network;
• establishing a secure communication channel between the first server and a second server associated with the second federated network;
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• send, from the first server to the second server via the secure communication channel, the encrypted communication.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a second server associated with a second federated network and from a first server associated with a first federated network, a request to establish a secure communication channel;
• querying a look-up table stored in a distributed ledger, using a domain name of the first federated network, to obtain a network address of the first federated network and a public key associated with the first federated network;
• establishing, using the public key associated with the first federated network, the secure communication channel between the first server and the second server;
• receiving, by the second server from the first server, an encrypted communication intended for a second user device associated with the second federated network.