I've wondered what sort of hoops you need to go through to become a registrar. Probably have to swear not to support evil right wing domains. I miss the days when registering a domain was as simple as making an entry in named.conf and sending an email to internic. Thanks Obama. I've been out of the tech business for quite a while now and forget most of what I used to know. Gnunet might show some promise looking forward.

They’ll get you there, too. Remember AlterNIC?

https://www.cnet.com/news/alternic-founder-arrested/