Company expands beyond individual domain trading. D3 will begin offering fractionalized ownership of domain name portfolios, the company announced today. The company already sells fractional interests in individual domains through the Doma ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN to study registries connecting with Web3
· Policy & LawThe group will examine the risks of creating matching domains within web3 namespaces. ICANN is forming a technical study group to look into integrations between "real" DNS top level domains and the same names in alternative naming systems ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Ethereum Name Service resolver temporarily hijacked
· UncategorizedBlockchain projects need to lock down their domain names, stat. Social engineering attacks aimed at altering or hijacking domains affiliated with crypto projects continue. Today, the nameservers for eth.limo, a site that acts as a website resolver ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web3 “domains” are dead
· UncategorizedThe web3 domain experiment was a failure. This week, Unstoppable Domains CEO Matthew Gould posted on X about the company's transition to traditional domain names. He explained that the company's website is focusing more on "web2 domains" because ... Continue Reading17 Comments
D3 plans next Dominion conference for Las Vegas in April
· UncategorizedConference promises hands-on support for buying and selling fractionalized domain names. D3, a company connecting real-world domain names to web3 technology, will hold its next Dominion conference in Las Vegas on April 29-30. The conference will be ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Bob Mountain climbs the blockchain- DNW Podcast #573
· PodcastsBob Mountain rejoins the domain industry with new role at D3. About one year after retiring from GoDaddy, Bob Mountain is back in the domain industry as the Chief Commercial and Revenue Officer for D3 Global. On today's show, Bob explains why he ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Blockchain company files patent application for domain parking system
· Domain ParkingApplication describes ways to use AI to assist with parking page creation and optimization. D3Serve, a company applying blockchain technology to domain names, has filed a sweeping patent application (pdf) covering aspects of domain parking ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Freename gets patent for rules-based resolution of web3 names
· Policy & LawPatent describes platform that decides which name to resolve. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,401,618 (pdf) to Freename AG for "Internet infrastructure system and method." Freename is primarily a platform for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Unstoppable Domains files patent for way to take down blockchain domains
· Policy & LawCompany suggests ways to take down domains used for nefarious purposes. One of the features of blockchain-based naming systems is also a bug: it's not possible to take down domains that are used in bad ways. It is perhaps a bit ironic that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Freename scores $6.5 million Series A
· UncategorizedCompany says funding will help it bridge the gap between web3 and DNS. Web3 naming platform Freename has secured a $6.5 million Series A round, the company announced today. That's on top of a $2.5 million seed round it raised in 2023. Like many ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
