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>>[...] requires the owner to have an address inside of the union. This would bode well for programs like the Estonian e-residency[1] initiative as I believe t
by otoburb 8y ago
>>[...] requires the owner to have an address inside of the union.
This would bode well for programs like the Estonian e-residency[1] initiative as I believe they also provide an EU address, although it might mean having to legally transfer ownership of the .eu domains from UK entities to the Estonian entity if any businesses are thinking of going through with this.
[1] https://e-resident.gov.ee/ https://e-resident.gov.ee/
- coldtea 8y ago>This would bode well for programs like the Estonian e-residency Or not, as 1000 other entities and countries will pop up with similar solutions
- otoburb 8y agoThe Estonian e-residency program launched in December 2014[1], so it's about 2.5 years old. I'd imagine that if there was a really compelling reason to set up a similar program other EU countries would have prioritized and launched. To your point, perhaps Brexit will push a few more EU countries to follow Estonia's lead, although I'm not sure how successful a program could be without at minimum government endorsement, if not outright involvement. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia
- itake 8y agoWhat if in 20 years Estonia decides to leave as well? It seems like .eu is not a very reliable TLD.
- craftyguy 8y agoIt's not any less reliable than other TLDs. Any nation that owns a TLD can basically do the same thing.
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- blocked_again 8y agoThere are a lot of TLDs owned by companies like Google, Verizon etc
- craftyguy 8y agoI don't see how those would be any more reliable, since companies generally act in their best interest (which may not always be in your best interest if, for example, you find yourself suddenly competing with them)
- blocked_again 8y agoA domain system on Blockchain is the solution then.