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Re:The GNU Name System by NoGravitas on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:30PM (#32226749)
Yeah, namecoin was a pretty dramatic failure — every interesting domain on it was squatted early on, when it was cheaper to do so.
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Re:The GNU Name System by aaaaaaaaata on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:42PM (#32228084)
Differing itself from ICANN in what way, exactly?
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Re:The GNU Name System by tptacek on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:03PM (#32228415)
In exactly the way stated.
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Re:The GNU Name System by User23 on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:55PM (#32230074)
I think the point being made was that all the identifiably good DNS names got squatted back in the 90s when they were free.
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