FYI, TLDs cannot be killed off (for good reason; dropping a bunch of domain names would be harmful to the Internet). The worst that can happen is that they're

FYI, TLDs cannot be killed off (for good reason; dropping a bunch of domain names would be harmful to the Internet). The worst that can happen is that they're transferred to another registry operator. ICANN requires daily escrow deposits as a condition of running a TLD, which allows emergency registry operators to step in and ensure TLD operation continuity if that becomes necessary. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ebero-2013-04-02-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ebero-2013-04-02-en