Market & ICANN
The ICANN round, name collisions, registries and the market.
Abuse handling in the DNS and onchain: who can stop a name
Suspension is the DNS reflex. Onchain, the question is which piece of software will stop answering.
The regulatory questions around onchain names
There is no dedicated regime. That does not mean no rules apply.
What the domain aftermarket learned in thirty years
The resale of names is not new. Most of what goes wrong today went wrong before.
The case against onchain TLDs, taken seriously
A desk that sells these assets should be able to state the case against them. Here it is, without softening.
What the list of applied-for strings tells a brand owner
The list answers one question publicly: who applied for which string. What a brand team should do with it.
What makes a naming system last
Durability is not a promise a system makes. It is a set of conditions you can examine.
How a new gTLD application is evaluated, in outline
Evaluation asks whether the applicant can run a registry and whether the string raises problems. An outline for non-specialists.
What the applied-for strings list tells a TLD holder
A match raises interest in your TLD. It does not entitle you to pressure anyone.
How wallets and browsers decide which names to support
No rule obliges a wallet to understand a name. Support is a product decision, made for product reasons.
Objections and rights protection in an ICANN round
The DNS gives third parties a moment to object. Onchain, that moment does not exist.
How prices form in a market without comparables
Art, private companies, spectrum: many assets are priced without a ticker. The same reasoning applies.