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This is part and parcel of participating in the centralized domain name system.
by bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
This is part and parcel of participating in the centralized domain name system.
- forty 5y agoAbsolutely. I'm not screaming that's it's unfair or anything. The good things about centralized systems like this is that there are rules and laws. If the ICANN rule says the registry can do that in this case, then fine, I won't fight. But I would like to make sure it's really the case.
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoThis is hardly a typical domain registration experience. Would be truly unfortunate if a hypothetical decentralized alternative had a similar bug that let someone else register and already-owned domain, as that bug would likely invalidate the entire structure of the registration and bring the whole system down as people exploited the vulnerability to steal every possible domain in a decentralized manner. At least this centralized solution can fix it and adapt.
- tmaly 5y agoI think it would be a good use of blockchain to find a way to solve this centralized control. The prices for a domain border on extortion.
- convolvatron 5y agothis is part and parcel of having the ICANN model with competition between for-profit registries. Jon Postel wouldn't have been so mean.