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ENS is not DNS, and ETH is not a TLD since it is not in the Root Zone Database maintained by IANA. If ENS is recognized, where does it stop? What happens when
by iso8859-1 5y ago
ENS is not DNS, and ETH is not a TLD since it is not in the Root Zone Database maintained by IANA.
If ENS is recognized, where does it stop? What happens when there is a collision and IANA makes a TLD that collides?
Why should Hacker News recognize domain names that are not recognized in browsers or operating systems by default? Why should Hacker News start redefining domain names as commonly understood and widely supported?
What about OpenNIC, FurNIC, Zilliqa, Namecoin and New Nations? Should they also be recognized?
- madars 5y agoThat's a minor point. The fact that eth.link seems to have a public suffix list [1] type status stands, so HN should display abc.eth.link as abc.eth.link (not eth.link), just like abc.github.io is shortened to abc.github.io (not github.io). [1] https://publicsuffix.org/ https://publicsuffix.org/
- judge2020 5y agoYou saying "For reference in case you're unfamiliar" is also "a minor point".
- hanniabu 5y agoI never said eth was a TLD and TBH your comment sounds like you were in a bad mood and just looking for something to nitpick to take some frustration out.
- iso8859-1 5y agoI can't remember if I was in a bad mood, but surely any pushing of cryptocurrency would justify that ;)