Related comment by CydeWeys: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35907769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35907769 "Note that, because registries will b

Related comment by CydeWeys: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35907769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35907769 "Note that, because registries will be contractually mandated to support RDAP, and that if they choose to continue supporting WHOIS they will be subject to additional uptime/monitoring requirements on WHOIS that they wouldn't be if they simply dropped WHOIS, most are planning on dropping WHOIS as soon as possible."