Company leverages blockchain technology to speed domain purchases and transfers. Domain name sales platform Undeveloped has rebranded as DAN.com and introduced a new blockchain-based domain transfer system. The new transfer system is aided by ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Unstoppable Domains raises $4 million for blockchain domain names
· ServicesDomains-on-blockchain company gets major funding boost. Unstoppable Domains, a company that is launching domain names on blockchain technology, has raised $4 million in a Series A financing. Draper Associates led the round. Previous investor ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Blockchain and Domain Names – DNW Podcast #224
· PodcastsHow can domain names and blockchain technology together? Is there an opportunity for domain names and blockchain technology? This week’s guest helps separate hype from reality. Matthew Gould is founder of Unstoppable Domains, a company marrying domain ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Uniregistry is dropping Topcoin
· Domain RegistrarsCustomers have until the end of March to use Topcoin at Uniregistry. Domain name registrar Uniregistry is dropping Topcoin from its platform. The company announced the change in an email sent just before midnight Friday night. Topcoin is a ... Continue Reading7 Comments
University wants to patent way to manage TLDs using Blockchain
· Policy & LawPeking University files patent for blockchain applied to DNS. Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School has filed a U.S. patent application (pdf) for "Systems and Methods for Managing Top-Level Domain Names Using Consortium Blockchain". The ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Sedo to hold crypto domain name auction
· Domain SalesAuction will show the investor appetite for crypto domains. Sedo announced that it will hold an auction September 13-20 that will exclusively feature cryptocurrency and blockchain-related domain names. It's a bit surprising that no other major ... Continue Reading18 Comments
22 end user domain name sales including .io, .us and .org
· Domain SalesCompanies bought country code domains plus many good .com names. Sedo had a good sales week with some notable sales in country code domains. Its top reported sale was CarStore.com at $82,500, but that domain is still in escrow. There are lots of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Can Blockchain upend the domain aftermarket? – DNW Podcast #159
· PodcastsBlockchain might be able to decentralize the domain aftermarket. Everyone is talking about blockchain. Can it have a major impact on the domain name aftermarket? On today’s show I talk with Reza Sardeha, a co-founder of domain name aftermarket service ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Understand Blockchain with Ken Hansen – DNW Podcast #156
· PodcastsKen Hansen explains what blockchain is and how it can be used. You might know Ken Hansen from the domain name industry, but he’s also very involved with spreading the gospel of blockchain. On today’s show, Ken explains blockchain in language that you ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Blockchain and Hurricane Harvey were popular in domains last month
· UncategorizedLots of blockchain related domains were registered in .com in August. Verisign has published the list of "trending keywords" in new .com registrations last month. Keywords on the list doesn't come as a huge surprise. Words related to blockchain and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
