Now, simple question: how can people possibly visit a .bit website?
Easy for you, just use one of the DNS servers that support it.
The problem is getting other people to use them.
Topic: [0.1BTC/domain] Register/host .bit domains with bitcoins - page 4. (Read 11106 times)
Easy for you, just use one of the DNS servers that support it.
The problem is getting other people to use them.
Now, simple question: how can people possibly visit a .bit website?
The benefit of .bit is simple:
You own your .bit domain names.
That cannot be said of any other TLD, not even of the other alternative DNSs such as OpenNIC.
The closest thing to ownership you can achieve with those is a long term lease but you will always be at the whim of the true owners.
You have full control over your .bit domain names, the same way you have full control over your Bitcoins. What gives someone control over a .bit domain is a private key and nothing else.
You own your .bit domain names.
That cannot be said of any other TLD, not even of the other alternative DNSs such as OpenNIC.
The closest thing to ownership you can achieve with those is a long term lease but you will always be at the whim of the true owners.
You have full control over your .bit domain names, the same way you have full control over your Bitcoins. What gives someone control over a .bit domain is a private key and nothing else.
I'm pretty sure it'll take more than $30,000 to get ICANN approval as a new TLD.
That is not the aim of the project, and it would be like installing the wolf in sheep's... We would give the power to cut/seize a domain to ICANN, which we just want to avoid :p.Of course, it'll remain few used for a long time, and we are aware of it. But, the possibility will exist, and that's all that is important. Will we reach a critical mass ? Nobody can say it...
I'm pretty sure it'll take more than $30,000 to get ICANN approval as a new TLD.
So... domain names that are totally invisible to the rest of the internet? And you need to renew them every 12 weeks?
What's not to love?
People are using them :What's not to love?
- for the fun to use a new tld, to pay something with bitcoins, etc
- for their decentralized feature
There is a bounty of 3500BTC for that, so, there must be some interest :p
First domain ready : http://scroll.bit
Edit : second one - http://wally.bit
I still fail to see what good comes out of this. but I must say I have not dug (possibly) deep enough.
So... domain names that are totally invisible to the rest of the internet? And you need to renew them every 12 weeks?
What's not to love?
What's not to love?
.bit is a decentralized and anonymous top level domain name [read more].
Here is the first website to register .bit domains, directly with bitcoins, without configuration :
http://register.dot-bit.org/
It allows you to :
- register a .bit domain (or not, you can only take the hosting or the redirect)
- redirect it to an url :
=> yourdomain.bit will be redirected to youdomain.otherTLD
- use a web hosting :
=> you will browse directly on yourdomain.bit
Prices :
- new domain : 0.1 BTC, renewal included for 1 year
- redirect : included with a new domain (0.1BTC otherwise)
- web hosting : from 0.1 to 0.5BTC/month
It's still in beta, but functional, so, report me any problem.
TODO :
- allow to transfer domain
- put some text/details
Any comments ?
Here is the first website to register .bit domains, directly with bitcoins, without configuration :
http://register.dot-bit.org/
It allows you to :
- register a .bit domain (or not, you can only take the hosting or the redirect)
- redirect it to an url :
=> yourdomain.bit will be redirected to youdomain.otherTLD
- use a web hosting :
=> you will browse directly on yourdomain.bit
Prices :
- new domain : 0.1 BTC, renewal included for 1 year
- redirect : included with a new domain (0.1BTC otherwise)
- web hosting : from 0.1 to 0.5BTC/month
It's still in beta, but functional, so, report me any problem.
TODO :
- allow to transfer domain
- put some text/details
Any comments ?
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