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No, if you don't send a renewal transaction, the name goes up for auction again.
> - Is this going to have the same environmental problems as Bitcoin, or will having fewer transactions mean that's less of an issue?
Yes, it's proof of work
> I'm not necessarily feeling great about the idea of having separate TLDs for every site
TLD owners manage the namespace as they see fit. that includes issuing/selling/giving away sub-domains. <subdomain>.<TLD namespace>
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No, if you don't send a renewal transaction, the name goes up for auction again.
> - Is this going to have the same environmental problems as Bitcoin, or will having fewer transactions mean that's less of an issue?
Yes, it's proof of work
> I'm not necessarily feeling great about the idea of having separate TLDs for every site
TLD owners manage the namespace as they see fit. that includes issuing/selling/giving away sub-domains. <subdomain>.<TLD namespace>