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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by rglullis on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:22AM (#31014973)
You joke, but that's exactly what domain names are.
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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by recursive on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @01:42PM (#31017697)
Domain names come from central authorities. Transfers are reported to the registrar.
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Re:Show HN: I made a website to search for half loaves of bread by rglullis on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:03PM (#31018798)
Regardless, they are non-fungible tokens with expiration date.

But if you really want to be extra pedantic: the Ethereum Name System is a domain system running on the blockchain, and each domain is a NFT with an expiration date.

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