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What are blockchain domains?

The Domain Name System (DNS) lets us navigate the internet using domain names instead of IP addresses. But tra­di­tion­al DNS now has com­pe­ti­tion from blockchain-based systems. Blockchain domains operate in a de­cen­tral­ized en­vi­ron­ment and aren’t con­trolled by any single…

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What is RDAP? The new WHOIS protocol

The re­place­ment of WHOIS with RDAP marks an important step in the de­vel­op­ment of the internet. RDAP provides more data pro­tec­tion, higher flex­i­bil­i­ty and is better suited to the future. For domain holders, the switch mostly brings benefits without requiring any action. In this…

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Domain Trading: How to sell a domain name

Does a web address have a price? Yes, you can make money with domains. If the demand is high enough, you can even make high profits through domain trading. However, it’s not enough to just own any web address and hope for the best. To suc­cess­ful­ly buy and sell domains, there are…

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Why is the dot.tk domain so popular?

A small, remote island nation in the South Pacific is a major player in the domain business. On the Pacific islands of Tokelau lives a pop­u­la­tion of about 1,400 people on just over four square miles of tropical paradise. There are, however, over 25 million reg­is­tered domains with…

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What is an NFT domain?

While tra­di­tion­al websites and online stores with domain names ending with .com or .co.uk are hosted across central servers, NFT domains provide entirely new pos­si­bil­i­ties. Not only is the ending different but an NFT domain is stored in a de­cen­tral­ized manner and is based on…

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ICANN vs. Verisign, what’s the dif­fer­ence?

Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to register a web address. Simply fill out a request for the domain you want and submit it to a web hosting provider, and the rights to the address may be yours in next to no time. But what happens behind the scenes? We’ll take a look at the…

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