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Re:Hacker Steals $8.4M Worth of Ethereum from Veritaseum Pla... by flashmob on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @11:36AM (#14848528)
Wow, amazing. That's a lot. Is there any reason or incentive why so many names despite not many use it?

Btw, full ENS stats here https://ens.codetract.io

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Re:Hacker Steals $8.4M Worth of Ethereum from Veritaseum Pla... by palunon on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @06:51AM (#14855106)
Squatting and premptive defense against it, maybe.

Or simply curious people trying something new. I know I registered a name for fun, and there was quite a bit of curious interest in tech circles in my area (even outside of cryptoanarchists types).

But then, for the moment most people see ICANN regulation as okay. Maybe if that changes, a distributed alternative will get traction.

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