One Internet. One world.
Keep global connectivity unified and resist fragmentation.
Number Resource Society
Decentralize the power behind every IP address.
NRS brings network operators and resource holders together to advance IP ownership, open infrastructure and accountable Internet number governance.
Explore our missionA global Internet needs a global voice for reform.
The Internet connects the world through independent networks. Its number-resource governance should be equally resilient. NRS advocates structural reform so that coordination cannot become a single point of control over those networks.
We turn that conviction into public advocacy, evidence and collective participation. Our charter sets out the mission; our work gives resource holders a voice in changing the institutions on which they depend.
Our principles
Open, autonomous infrastructure
Defend networks’ freedom to operate and the openness of the Internet.
Decentralized governance with AI
Advance governance that reduces dependence on discretionary human control.
Follow the work. Examine the record.
Evidence
The case archive
Explore the public documents behind registry disputes and governance questions.
Read each record in its original context and distinguish a party’s position from a court’s decision.
Explore the archiveAdvocacy
NRS Shield
Understand NRS’s response to the risks registry control creates for network operators.
Read the initiative’s scope and contact the NRS team about participation.
Understand NRS ShieldHow change takes shape
NRS is where ideas and public evidence become collective advocacy. We bring resource holders together to change Internet governance, alongside platforms that contribute original thinking, reporting and commercial practice.
Thinking · heng.lu
Lu Heng’s arguments on power, infrastructure and decentralization provide an intellectual foundation for this work.
Read the founding argumentReporting · BTW.Media
Reporting on infrastructure, governance and markets helps readers examine how the Internet’s institutions work.
Explore the reportingPractice · LARUS
Commercial infrastructure services put ideas about IP resources and operational continuity into practice.
Explore LARUSMake your voice part of the change.
For operators and resource holders
Explore membership, discuss your needs with the NRS team, and agree the scope of any authorized representation.
Explore membershipFor researchers, journalists and collaborators
Examine our sources, ask questions and bring evidence into the public discussion.
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