Hi, The are working on capturing the mind share with their Web3 for blockchain names & Web2 for DNS Domain names narrative. Will be interesting to see how it goes. I have met Unstoppable Domains, they are determined, persistent, and seem capable. The quote from the article that may have some direct relevance to end users, CPWG, and ICANN next round: "Looking to the future, Unstoppable Domains and Women in Tech Global intend to apply for a generic top-level domain (gTLD) Web2 with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)." If they succeed at obtaining a DNS gTLD with WITG, then having the same name in both 'classes', will offer end users some interesting possibilities, but mostly will prevent confusions of a major sort.. But they have advertised this name, so what guarantees are there that others may not apply for this string and the multitude of other names they have claimed they will apply for in other articles (do not have the reference at my finger tips). In that case contention is likely, and if they do not obtain the strings, then it will possibly be problematic for the end users as it will cause serious confusion. As far as I know, there are no carveouts for alternate naming systems, such as blockchain, the so called "web3", names. Thanks for passing the article on. avri On 2024-05-09 00:01, Justine Chew via CPWG wrote:
Well, we have one expressed interest in the Next Round.
https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2024/05/08/unstoppable-domains-collaborates-with-...
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