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Why DNS Changes Deserve Team Approval

Why DNS Changes Deserve Team Approval

One wrong DNS record can take a site down or become a security risk. Learn why teams should review DNS changes, and how Namefi Proposals work.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How a Domain Name Anchors Agent Discovery: The NANDA Index

How a Domain Name Anchors Agent Discovery: The NANDA Index

How a domain-anchored identifier lets an agent be found: the NANDA Index chain, DNS proof of ownership, direct resolution, and Namefi as a worked example.

  • 4 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Two Addresses, One Vote: The Websites of the HP-Compaq Proxy Fight

Two Addresses, One Vote: The Websites of the HP-Compaq Proxy Fight

In 2002, both sides of the HP-Compaq proxy fight ran voting websites. Filings show what each address argued, and archives show where both names went.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Kaplan.com, 1994: The Princeton Review Registered Its Rival's Name

Kaplan.com, 1994: The Princeton Review Registered Its Rival's Name

In March 1994 the Princeton Review took kaplan.com and asked for complaints about its rival. Press reports said arbitrators ordered it to give up the name, five years before UDRP existed.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
McDonalds.com in 1994: A Reporter, a Burger Chain and a Brooklyn School

McDonalds.com in 1994: A Reporter, a Burger Chain and a Brooklyn School

In 1994 reporter Joshua Quittner registered mcdonalds.com to test big brands. The company got it back after agreeing to help a New York school.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
MikeRoweSoft.com: How a $10 Offer Became a Worldwide Domain Dispute

MikeRoweSoft.com: How a $10 Offer Became a Worldwide Domain Dispute

A 17-year-old's design site, a $10 offer and a 25-page letter: how MikeRoweSoft.com tested trademark law, a personal name and public opinion.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Address on the Air: How MTV and Adam Curry Fought Over mtv.com

The Address on the Air: How MTV and Adam Curry Fought Over mtv.com

MTV host Adam Curry registered mtv.com in 1993. By 1994 the network was suing him. The court record shows what happened, what no judge decided, and why the often-listed price has no firm source.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Nissan.com: Eight Years in Court Over One Man's Surname

Nissan.com: Eight Years in Court Over One Man's Surname

Uzi Nissan used his surname for a Raleigh computer business, and Nissan Computer registered nissan.com in 1994. Court records show how Nissan Motor's suit ran from 1999 to 2008, and how his estate won an order returning the domains after his death.

  • 15 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
RestoreTheMagic.com: The Web Address Behind Trian's Fight With Disney

RestoreTheMagic.com: The Web Address Behind Trian's Fight With Disney

How Trian turned RestoreTheMagic.com into the hub of its Disney proxy campaigns, and what the filings, ads and certified 2024 vote show.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Happened to SaveDisney.com: A Settlement Closed the Site, Then the Name Expired

What Happened to SaveDisney.com: A Settlement Closed the Site, Then the Name Expired

SaveDisney.com carried the 2004 revolt against Michael Eisner. A 2005 settlement closed the site, and the filed deal left the registration unaddressed.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Happened to SavePapaJohns.com: The Founder's Website the Settlement Never Mentioned

What Happened to SavePapaJohns.com: The Founder's Website the Settlement Never Mentioned

John Schnatter built SavePapaJohns.com to fight his board. The settlement never mentioned the site, and by late 2020 the registration had started over.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Domain Behind the WordPress War: Who Owns WordPress.org?

The Domain Behind the WordPress War: Who Owns WordPress.org?

Court papers say one person owns WordPress.org. How that domain became leverage in the WP Engine and Automattic dispute, and what the record has settled so far.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Elon Musk Lost the CEO Job, Then Bought Back X.com

Elon Musk Lost the CEO Job, Then Bought Back X.com

PayPal's filings show how Elon Musk lost the top job at X.com in 2000, why the company dropped his chosen name, and how he bought the domain back in 2017.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Best Ad-Blocking DNS: What to Use and Why Some Ads Still Get Through

Best Ad-Blocking DNS: What to Use and Why Some Ads Still Get Through

Choose AdGuard DNS, NextDNS, or a local DNS filter by your needs, verify the active resolver, and understand domain-level limits.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
AdGuard DNS Setup: Block Ads Across Your Devices With DNS

AdGuard DNS Setup: Block Ads Across Your Devices With DNS

Set up AdGuard public DNS on a device or router, choose the right filtering mode, and test filtering without assuming every ad will vanish.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Buy a Domain and Launch a Website Without Buying the Wrong Bundle

How to Buy a Domain and Launch a Website Without Buying the Wrong Bundle

Choose a domain, hosting, and email without duplicate purchases. Connect DNS, enable HTTPS, and test the exact website before launch.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domains for Sale: Where to Look and How to Buy Safely

Domains for Sale: Where to Look and How to Buy Safely

Find registered domains for sale, compare purchase formats, verify the transfer process, and protect payment and account control.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Find Expired Domains Worth Buying and Avoid the Junk

How to Find Expired Domains Worth Buying and Avoid the Junk

Evaluate expired domains by checking registration status, past use, naming fit, and purchase terms. Avoid unsupported promises about inherited rankings.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best Cheap Web Hosting: What Will You Pay After the First Term?

Best Cheap Web Hosting: What Will You Pay After the First Term?

Compare low-cost hosting by renewal totals, software needs, backups, email, and exit costs. Check official plans before choosing a long term.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DKIM Checker: Is Your Email Signature Set Up Correctly?

DKIM Checker: Is Your Email Signature Set Up Correctly?

Check a DKIM selector, inspect the public DNS key, and verify a received message. Separate key publication from a passing signature.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best Web Hosting: Which Provider Fits Your Website and Budget?

Best Web Hosting: Which Provider Fits Your Website and Budget?

Choose web hosting by website type, operating responsibilities, recovery needs, and the full recurring cost.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Cloud Hosting vs. Shared Hosting: Which One Does Your Website Need?

Cloud Hosting vs. Shared Hosting: Which One Does Your Website Need?

Compare shared and cloud hosting by workload, management, recovery, and total cost before choosing a plan.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Cloudflare DNS Settings: Set Up 1.1.1.1 on Your Device

Cloudflare DNS Settings: Set Up 1.1.1.1 on Your Device

Configure Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 on Windows, macOS, or Android, choose the intended filtering policy, and verify the resolver connection.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Should You Buy Your Domain Through Cloudflare? The Trade-Offs to Check

Should You Buy Your Domain Through Cloudflare? The Trade-Offs to Check

Check Cloudflare’s nameserver requirement, domain support, renewal terms, and migration steps before registering or transferring a domain.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Register a Domain With Cloudflare: What to Check Before You Pay

How to Register a Domain With Cloudflare: What to Check Before You Pay

Register a domain with Cloudflare after checking nameserver requirements, availability, renewal settings, and contact information.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Get an SSL Certificate With Cloudflare and Turn On HTTPS

How to Get an SSL Certificate With Cloudflare and Turn On HTTPS

Set up Cloudflare Universal SSL, protect the origin with Full strict, verify hostname coverage, and test HTTPS redirects.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Connect Your Domain to Vercel Without Getting Stuck on DNS

How to Connect Your Domain to Vercel Without Getting Stuck on DNS

Add a custom domain to the correct Vercel project, publish the project’s DNS values, preserve email records, and verify the final website.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DMARC Checker: Is Your Domain Really Protected Against Spoofing?

DMARC Checker: Is Your Domain Really Protected Against Spoofing?

Inspect the actual DMARC TXT record, effective policy, reporting destination, and message alignment before trusting a checker result.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS A Records Explained: Point Your Domain to the Right IPv4 Address

DNS A Records Explained: Point Your Domain to the Right IPv4 Address

Create and verify an A record with the correct name, IPv4 address, and TTL. Separate DNS changes from hosting, HTTPS, and redirects.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Is Your VPN Leaking DNS? How to Run a DNS Leak Test

Is Your VPN Leaking DNS? How to Run a DNS Leak Test

Test which DNS resolvers your browser exposes, compare VPN states, and investigate unexpected results without assuming every mismatch is a leak.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Lookup: Check Which Records Your Domain Is Really Serving

DNS Lookup: Check Which Records Your Domain Is Really Serving

Check live DNS answers with an exact name, record type, and server, then interpret caching, authoritative data, and empty replies.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Propagation Checker: Is Your New Record Showing Up Yet?

DNS Propagation Checker: Is Your New Record Showing Up Yet?

Compare authoritative DNS with recursive answers, record types, and cache lifetimes to diagnose a DNS change without guessing.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Extensions List: Find the Right Ending Beyond .COM

Domain Extensions List: Find the Right Ending Beyond .COM

Browse generic, country-code, and internationalized domain endings, then verify availability, eligibility, and renewal terms with official sources.

  • 7 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Domain Name Generator: Find a Name You Can Actually Register

Domain Name Generator: Find a Name You Can Actually Register

Generate domain ideas with official tools, refine the naming brief, and verify registration terms and name conflicts before buying.

  • 6 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Domain Name Search: Is the Name You Want Still Available?

Domain Name Search: Is the Name You Want Still Available?

Check domain availability through an official registrar search, distinguish registered names from new registrations, and review the exact offer.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Who Owns This Domain? How to Check Public Registration Records

Who Owns This Domain? How to Check Public Registration Records

Use ICANN RDAP to inspect public registration records, understand redacted fields, and choose the right contact route.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DV SSL Certificates: Do You Need Anything More for Your Website?

DV SSL Certificates: Do You Need Anything More for Your Website?

Learn what domain validation checks, how DV certificate challenges work, and which coverage and renewal questions to resolve before launch.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Names With Free Email: Which Offers Include a Real Mailbox?

Domain Names With Free Email: Which Offers Include a Real Mailbox?

Compare domain email offers by mailbox, forwarding, trial terms, and renewal conditions before buying a domain.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is an Email Domain? What Your Business Address Really Needs

What Is an Email Domain? What Your Business Address Really Needs

Choose a domain email address, separate mailbox hosting from forwarding, and plan the DNS and account access your business needs.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Who Controls Your Domain? How to Find Its Registrar and DNS Host

Who Controls Your Domain? How to Find Its Registrar and DNS Host

Find the registrar with ICANN Lookup, identify authoritative nameservers, and locate the account that can change the right DNS records.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Who Hosts This Website? How to Find the Provider Behind a Domain

Who Hosts This Website? How to Find the Provider Behind a Domain

Identify a website’s registrar, DNS provider, public network, and likely web host. Learn when a proxy prevents a conclusive public lookup.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
403 Forbidden: Why You Are Blocked and What to Check First

403 Forbidden: Why You Are Blocked and What to Check First

Understand an HTTPS 403 response, check visitor permissions, and help site operators locate the rejecting application, origin rule, or security layer.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Flush DNS on a Mac: The Right Command for Your macOS Version

Flush DNS on a Mac: The Right Command for Your macOS Version

Find your macOS version, choose a documented DNS cache command, and check whether the remaining problem sits on your Mac or upstream.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best Free Web Hosting: Which Options Are Usable for a Real Website?

Best Free Web Hosting: Which Options Are Usable for a Real Website?

Compare WordPress.com, GitHub Pages, and Cloudflare Pages by site type, custom-domain needs, limits, and migration requirements.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Free Website and Domain: Which Offers Are Actually Free?

Free Website and Domain: Which Offers Are Actually Free?

Choose a free hosted address or a paid website plan with a domain offer. Check publishing limits, renewals, and account access.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
FreeDNS: How to Get a Free Subdomain and Point It to Your Server

FreeDNS: How to Get a Free Subdomain and Point It to Your Server

Use FreeDNS at afraid.org for a hosted subdomain, understand shared-domain control, and verify DNS separately from server access.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Set Up Gmail With Your Own Business Domain

How to Set Up Gmail With Your Own Business Domain

Set up Google Workspace Gmail with your domain, verify ownership, switch MX records, and test receiving, sending, and authentication.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Transfer a GoDaddy Domain to Another GoDaddy Account

How to Transfer a GoDaddy Domain to Another GoDaddy Account

Move a domain to another GoDaddy account, verify the recipient, complete acceptance, and preserve separate website and email services.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
GoDaddy Auctions: Where to Find Listings and How Bidding Works

GoDaddy Auctions: Where to Find Listings and How Bidding Works

Find GoDaddy Auctions, understand proxy bids, review the full purchase commitment, and track payment and domain delivery after winning.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Google Public DNS: Set Up 8.8.8.8 and Know What Changes

Google Public DNS: Set Up 8.8.8.8 and Know What Changes

Set up Google Public DNS, test the resolver, compare encrypted DNS options, and restore your previous settings if local services stop working.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
IP WHOIS Lookup: Find the Network Behind an IP Address

IP WHOIS Lookup: Find the Network Behind an IP Address

Find the network registration and abuse contact for an IP address. Separate address allocation from website ownership and geolocation.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Get a Free SSL Certificate With Let’s Encrypt

How to Get a Free SSL Certificate With Let’s Encrypt

Choose managed HTTPS or Certbot, validate domain control, install a Let’s Encrypt certificate, and test renewal without unsafe workarounds.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
MX Lookup: Find Where Your Domain’s Email Is Supposed to Go

MX Lookup: Find Where Your Domain’s Email Is Supposed to Go

Check MX records with an official lookup tool, interpret priority, distinguish absent MX from null MX, and test actual email delivery.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is an MX Record? How Your Domain Tells Email Where to Go

What Is an MX Record? How Your Domain Tells Email Where to Go

Understand MX record priority, mail server targets, absent MX and null MX, and the checks that distinguish DNS routing from mailbox problems.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Check Your Domain’s DNS Records With MXToolbox

How to Check Your Domain’s DNS Records With MXToolbox

Use MXToolbox to inspect DNS records, separate mail routing from authentication, and compare an individual lookup with a DNS health report.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Quad9 DNS: Which Addresses to Use and How to Set Them Up

Quad9 DNS: Which Addresses to Use and How to Set Them Up

Use the correct Quad9 DNS addresses, configure encrypted DNS on Windows or Android, and verify the service before expanding the change.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Buy a Domain on Squarespace: The Steps and Costs to Check

How to Buy a Domain on Squarespace: The Steps and Costs to Check

Register a Squarespace domain with or without a website. Review renewal costs, optional plans, contact verification, and final registration status.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Reverse DNS Lookup: Find the Hostname Behind an IP Address

Reverse DNS Lookup: Find the Hostname Behind an IP Address

Run a reverse DNS lookup, interpret PTR and empty results, check forward confirmation, and find the provider that can fix the record.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Shared Hosting Explained: Is a Budget Plan Enough for Your Website?

Shared Hosting Explained: Is a Budget Plan Enough for Your Website?

Decide whether shared hosting meets your website needs by checking workload, limits, maintenance, backups, and a realistic upgrade path.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Should You Buy Your Domain on Shopify or Somewhere Else?

Should You Buy Your Domain on Shopify or Somewhere Else?

Choose between a Shopify-managed domain and an outside registrar. Compare administration, renewal, email, and future moves before buying.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
SPF Record Checker: Find the Mistakes That Can Break Your Email

SPF Record Checker: Find the Mistakes That Can Break Your Email

Check the right SPF domain, read its TXT record, inspect lookup limits, and test real message authentication before changing DNS.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
SSL Certificate Checker: Is Your Certificate Valid and Trusted?

SSL Certificate Checker: Is Your Certificate Valid and Trusted?

Check the certificate your HTTPS service presents. Verify the hostname, validity dates, chain, and client trust without bypassing validation.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Transfer a Domain to GoDaddy Without Breaking Your Website

How to Transfer a Domain to GoDaddy Without Breaking Your Website

Transfer a domain into GoDaddy, check eligibility and authorization, preserve DNS and email, and verify the completed registrar change.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best VPS Hosting: What to Compare Before You Rent a Server

Best VPS Hosting: What to Compare Before You Rent a Server

Decide whether VPS hosting fits your website. Compare server control, administration, backups, and migration needs before choosing a plan.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Website Hosting: How to Pick a Plan That Fits Your Site and Budget

Website Hosting: How to Pick a Plan That Fits Your Site and Budget

Choose website hosting by workload, maintenance responsibility, renewal costs, backups, and exit options instead of an introductory price alone.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is a DNS Server? The Setting That Can Break Your Browsing

What Is a DNS Server? The Setting That Can Break Your Browsing

Understand recursive and authoritative DNS servers, inspect your device settings, and diagnose resolver failures before changing network configuration.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is DNS? How Your Browser Finds a Website From Its Name

What Is DNS? How Your Browser Finds a Website From Its Name

Follow a DNS lookup from a hostname to authoritative records, then learn how resolvers, record types, and cache lifetimes affect a website.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is Port 443? Why HTTPS Uses It and When You Should Open It

What Is Port 443? Why HTTPS Uses It and When You Should Open It

Learn what port 443 does, how TCP and HTTP/3 differ, and how visitors and site operators can diagnose HTTPS without broad firewall changes.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best WordPress Hosting: Which Features Are Worth Paying For?

Best WordPress Hosting: Which Features Are Worth Paying For?

Compare WordPress hosting through backups, updates, support, capacity, and renewal terms. Use a practical checklist before purchasing.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
This Site Cannot Provide a Secure Connection: Fix the Error Behind the Message

This Site Cannot Provide a Secure Connection: Fix the Error Behind the Message

Use the exact Chrome error, compare devices and networks, and check the HTTPS endpoint without bypassing certificate verification.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
ConvertKit Became Kit After a Domain Opportunity Reopened the Naming Question

ConvertKit Became Kit After a Domain Opportunity Reopened the Naming Question

ConvertKit is now Kit. Follow the Seva reversal, the kit.com domain opportunity, and the creator research behind the new name.

  • 4 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
HomeAway Became Vrbo as Expedia Consolidated Its Vacation Rental Brands

HomeAway Became Vrbo as Expedia Consolidated Its Vacation Rental Brands

HomeAway is now Vrbo in the US. Expedia announced the US retirement in June 2020 to consolidate vacation rental traffic on one domain.

  • 3 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Priceline Group Became Booking Holdings While Priceline Kept Its Own Brand

Priceline Group Became Booking Holdings While Priceline Kept Its Own Brand

Priceline and Booking.com are sibling brands under Booking Holdings. Learn how the 2018 corporate rename separated parent identity from consumer brands.

  • 3 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Sendinblue Became Brevo and Its Domain Incident Exposed the Work Behind a Rename

Sendinblue Became Brevo and Its Domain Incident Exposed the Work Behind a Rename

Brevo is the same company as Sendinblue, rebranded in 2023. A domain expiry incident reveals the operational complexity behind a major rename.

  • 3 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Square Inc. Became Block While the Square Seller Brand Kept Its Name

Square Inc. Became Block While the Square Seller Brand Kept Its Name

Square Inc. renamed itself Block Inc. in December 2021, while the Square seller product kept its name. Here is what changed and why block.xyz matters.

  • 3 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
TransferWise Became Wise When Money Transfers No Longer Described the Business

TransferWise Became Wise When Money Transfers No Longer Described the Business

Wise is the same company as TransferWise. The 2021 rename moved the domain to wise.com. The visual refresh followed in 2023.

  • 3 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Google Domains Has Closed, but Cloud Domains Still Registers Domains

Google Domains Has Closed, but Cloud Domains Still Registers Domains

Separate Google Domains, Cloud Domains, and Google Workspace before buying a domain. Find the current registrar, checkout, DNS, and support route.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Server Not Responding? Find the Cause Before Resetting Everything

DNS Server Not Responding? Find the Cause Before Resetting Everything

Diagnose Windows DNS failures, compare configured resolvers, and verify a focused fix without blind resets or broad firewall changes.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is DMARC? How It Helps Stop People From Spoofing Your Domain

What Is DMARC? How It Helps Stop People From Spoofing Your Domain

Understand DMARC alignment, publish a monitoring record, review reports, and choose an email policy without breaking legitimate mail.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is DDNS? Keep a Domain Working When Your IP Address Changes

What Is DDNS? Keep a Domain Working When Your IP Address Changes

Understand dynamic DNS, select an updater, protect update credentials, and verify DNS separately from secure remote access.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The eMudhra CA Compromise Shows Why Domain Security Needs More Than HTTPS

The eMudhra CA Compromise Shows Why Domain Security Needs More Than HTTPS

Understand the eMudhra CA key compromise, website impersonation risks, and the different protections from DNSSEC, DANE, CAA, and CT.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Requires a Name and Resolver Check

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Requires a Name and Resolver Check

Diagnose DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN by checking the exact name, browser lookup path, resolver responses, authoritative records, and negative caches.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Flush DNS on Windows: The ipconfig Command to Run First

How to Flush DNS on Windows: The ipconfig Command to Run First

Run the Windows DNS flush command, check the result, and separate stale local answers from resolver, Hosts file, browser, and website problems.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Get a Free HTTPS Certificate for Your Website

How to Get a Free HTTPS Certificate for Your Website

Get a free HTTPS certificate through managed hosting or an ACME client. Check domain validation, hostname coverage, deployment, and renewal.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Install an SSL Certificate Without Breaking HTTPS

How to Install an SSL Certificate Without Breaking HTTPS

Choose a managed certificate or Certbot workflow, validate the right hostnames, check HTTPS, and test renewal before relying on the installation.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is an SSL Certificate? What Your Website Actually Needs

What Is an SSL Certificate? What Your Website Actually Needs

Choose a TLS certificate by hostname coverage, identity requirements, hosting support, and renewal responsibility instead of a confusing product label.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
AAAA Records Connect Domain Names to IPv6 Addresses

AAAA Records Connect Domain Names to IPv6 Addresses

Learn what AAAA records do, when to publish IPv6 addresses, and how to diagnose a site that works over IPv4 but fails over IPv6.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
An Agent Domain Purchase Audit Connects Approval to Registration

An Agent Domain Purchase Audit Connects Approval to Registration

Audit AI agent domain purchases by reconciling permission, provider orders, charges, account ownership, and DNS changes.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Speed Test: Find the Fastest Resolver for Your Connection

DNS Speed Test: Find the Fastest Resolver for Your Connection

Compare DNS query time and reliability on your own connection. Control cache and transport differences before changing the resolver.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Bulk Domain Availability Checks Need Clean Inputs and Final Rechecks

Bulk Domain Availability Checks Need Clean Inputs and Final Rechecks

Clean a bulk domain list, respect API limits, recover from rate limits, preserve unknown results, and recheck prices before buying.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Find Your Cloudflare Nameservers and Update Your Registrar

How to Find Your Cloudflare Nameservers and Update Your Registrar

Find the nameservers assigned to your Cloudflare zone, preserve website and email records, update the registrar, and verify activation.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Age Requires Separate Registration and Website Checks

Domain Age Requires Separate Registration and Website Checks

Check domain age with registration data, then separate website history, ownership changes, and evidence gaps before trusting an age claim.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best Domain Registrars: Who Stays Cheap After Renewal?

Best Domain Registrars: Who Stays Cheap After Renewal?

Compare Cloudflare, Porkbun, and Namecheap by renewal pricing, DNS control, support needs, and transfer requirements before choosing a registrar.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best DNS Servers: Which Resolver Should You Actually Use?

Best DNS Servers: Which Resolver Should You Actually Use?

Compare Cloudflare, Google Public DNS, and Quad9 by filtering, encrypted transport, network requirements, and reversible local testing.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is a CNAME Record? How to Point One DNS Name to Another

What Is a CNAME Record? How to Point One DNS Name to Another

Understand CNAME records, compare CNAME with A, choose the right website record, and diagnose apex, target, and HTTPS problems.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
A custom domain connects GitHub Pages through DNS and HTTPS

A custom domain connects GitHub Pages through DNS and HTTPS

Connect an apex domain or subdomain to GitHub Pages, verify domain control, check DNS records, and resolve HTTPS failures.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Agent Permissions Need Enforced Limits and a Revocation Plan

Domain Agent Permissions Need Enforced Limits and a Revocation Plan

Delegate domain tasks with verified account permissions, domain boundaries, purchase controls, approval records, and a tested revocation path.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DHCP configures network clients while DNS resolves names

DHCP configures network clients while DNS resolves names

Separate DHCP leases, DNS resolver settings, authoritative records, and dynamic updates before troubleshooting a network connection.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS protect the resolver connection differently

DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS protect the resolver connection differently

Compare DoH and DoT ports, authentication, fallback, and privacy limits, then verify which DNS connection your device actually uses.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Record Types Connect Websites, Email, and Zone Authority

DNS Record Types Connect Websites, Email, and Zone Authority

Choose DNS records by their job, trace website and email dependencies, and verify changes without breaking unrelated services.

  • 15 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Helps Agents Find Services While Applications Enforce Authority

DNS Helps Agents Find Services While Applications Enforce Authority

Separate AI agent discovery, domain verification, authentication, and action permissions without inventing a universal TXT authorization standard.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is DNSSEC? How to Protect DNS Answers Without Breaking Your Domain

What Is DNSSEC? How to Protect DNS Answers Without Breaking Your Domain

Learn how DNSSEC authenticates DNS answers, connect signing to parent DS records, and plan validation and provider migrations.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Forwarding Uses HTTP Redirects After DNS Resolution

Domain Forwarding Uses HTTP Redirects After DNS Resolution

Choose 301, 302, 307, or 308 redirects, preserve the right URLs, and check HTTPS before forwarding a domain.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Privacy Hides Contact Details While Proxy Services Change the Registrant

Domain Privacy Hides Contact Details While Proxy Services Change the Registrant

Compare domain privacy, proxy registration, and RDAP redaction, then check disclosure terms, contact forwarding, and account recovery.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Free Business Email: Can You Really Use Your Own Domain for Free?

Free Business Email: Can You Really Use Your Own Domain for Free?

Compare free custom-domain mailboxes and forwarding. Check Zoho eligibility, Cloudflare routing, sending limits, and domain renewal costs.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Can You Really Get a Free Domain Name? What the Offer Leaves Out

Can You Really Get a Free Domain Name? What the Offer Leaves Out

Compare free subdomains and first-year domain offers. Check required plans, renewal charges, account control, and exit options.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is an FQDN? The Tiny Naming Detail That Can Break DNS

What Is an FQDN? The Tiny Naming Detail That Can Break DNS

Understand fully qualified domain names, trailing dots, search suffixes, and zone-file origins with practical DNS examples.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS Glue Records Give Resolvers a Nameserver Address

DNS Glue Records Give Resolvers a Nameserver Address

Understand parent-side DNS glue, compare in-domain and sibling nameservers, and verify safe glue changes with parent and child queries.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
A Registrar Account Needs Strong Login and Independent Recovery

A Registrar Account Needs Strong Login and Independent Recovery

Harden a registrar account with phishing-resistant login, recovery planning, limited access, transfer controls, and reliable renewal checks.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
ICANN Lookup: Find a Domain’s Registrar and Registration Details

ICANN Lookup: Find a Domain’s Registrar and Registration Details

Read ICANN Lookup results, interpret dates and status codes, and understand what public registration data can establish.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
IPv6 DNS Uses a Separate Transport from the Address in the Answer

IPv6 DNS Uses a Separate Transport from the Address in the Answer

Find IPv6 DNS server addresses and test IPv4 and IPv6 resolver paths without confusing query transport, AAAA records, and website connections.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
ISP DNS and Public Resolvers Need a Local Comparison

ISP DNS and Public Resolvers Need a Local Comparison

Compare ISP DNS with a public resolver through local tests, privacy policies, filtering requirements, and a reversible change on one device.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
llms.txt, AGENTS.md, and robots.txt Serve Different Readers

llms.txt, AGENTS.md, and robots.txt Serve Different Readers

Compare llms.txt, AGENTS.md, and robots.txt by purpose, scope, discovery, and enforcement, then test each file without confusing access controls.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Tokenized Domains Need a DNS Maintenance and Handoff Checklist

Tokenized Domains Need a DNS Maintenance and Handoff Checklist

Maintain active DNS records, access controls, ownership handoffs, monitoring, and recovery for a tokenized domain.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Clear NFT Metadata Keeps the Complete Domain Name Visible

Clear NFT Metadata Keeps the Complete Domain Name Visible

Choose domain NFT display names, metadata fields, images, and update checks that preserve readable names and verifiable asset identity.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Use nslookup: DNS Commands That Help You Find the Problem

How to Use nslookup: DNS Commands That Help You Find the Problem

Learn nslookup syntax, select a DNS server and record type, and distinguish useful answers from missing records and timeouts.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Primary and Secondary DNS Servers Share Authoritative Zone Data

Primary and Secondary DNS Servers Share Authoritative Zone Data

Learn how primary and secondary DNS servers replicate zones, handle failures, and differ from preferred and alternate resolvers.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Register a Domain Name Without Losing Control of It

How to Register a Domain Name Without Losing Control of It

Register the exact domain, confirm the intended registrant, complete verification, connect services, and preserve account and renewal control.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Renew Your Domain Before It Expires and What to Do If It Already Has

How to Renew Your Domain Before It Expires and What to Do If It Already Has

Renew a domain through the registrar, confirm the extended registration, check auto renew, and act quickly after expiration.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
SSL Certificate Renewal Requires Validation and Deployment Checks

SSL Certificate Renewal Requires Validation and Deployment Checks

Renew a TLS certificate, preserve domain validation, automate deployment, and check the certificate that visitors actually receive.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is Reverse DNS? Why Your IP Address Can Have a Hostname

What Is Reverse DNS? Why Your IP Address Can Have a Hostname

Learn how PTR records map IP addresses to hostnames, who controls reverse DNS, and how to check forward consistency for email.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain NFT Owners Can Review and Revoke Token Approvals

Domain NFT Owners Can Review and Revoke Token Approvals

Inspect domain NFT token and operator approvals, revoke the intended permission, verify contract state, and distinguish cleanup from incident recovery.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Root DNS servers direct resolvers toward top-level domains

Root DNS servers direct resolvers toward top-level domains

Learn how root DNS servers provide referrals, why 13 names represent many instances, and how caching and DNSSEC change the lookup path.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Running Your Own DNS Resolver Requires a Clear Operating Plan

Running Your Own DNS Resolver Requires a Clear Operating Plan

Plan a private DNS resolver with Unbound, distinguish recursion from forwarding and dynamic DNS, and test access controls before a network rollout.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Create a Custom Email Address With Your Own Domain

How to Create a Custom Email Address With Your Own Domain

Create a custom-domain mailbox, verify domain control, set mail routing, configure authentication, and test both directions.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is a Subdomain? Examples You Can Use for Your Own Site

What Is a Subdomain? Examples You Can Use for Your Own Site

Understand www, shop, app, and support subdomains. Use concrete examples to plan DNS, hosting, HTTPS, access, and service retirement.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Account-Abstraction Standards: ERC-4337, EIP-7702, ERC-1271 and ERC-7579

Top Account-Abstraction Standards: ERC-4337, EIP-7702, ERC-1271 and ERC-7579

Compare four account-abstraction standards by transaction flow, delegation, signature policy, module privileges, and integration risks.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top DePIN Networks Deliver Different Services: Helium, Hivemapper, Render and Filecoin

Top DePIN Networks Deliver Different Services: Helium, Hivemapper, Render and Filecoin

Compare Helium, Hivemapper, Render and Filecoin by service delivery, work verification, customer payments, provider rewards and buyer acceptance tests.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top EVM-Compatible Chains: OP Mainnet, Base, Arbitrum One, Polygon PoS and Avalanche C-Chain

Top EVM-Compatible Chains: OP Mainnet, Base, Arbitrum One, Polygon PoS and Avalanche C-Chain

Compare OP Mainnet, Base, Arbitrum One, Polygon PoS, and Avalanche C-Chain by portability, proofs, validator trust, and recovery requirements.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top FHE Projects: Zama, Fhenix, Inco, and Sunscreen Compared

Top FHE Projects: Zama, Fhenix, Inco, and Sunscreen Compared

Compare Zama, Fhenix, Inco, and Sunscreen by encrypted execution, integration, decryption trust, and documented deployment status.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Intent and Solver Networks Use Different Settlement Rules

Top Intent and Solver Networks Use Different Settlement Rules

Compare CoW Protocol, UniswapX and Across through signed orders, solver competition, settlement checks and practical recovery steps.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Interoperability Protocols Connect Chains Through Different Verification Models

Top Interoperability Protocols Connect Chains Through Different Verification Models

Compare IBC, Chainlink CCIP, LayerZero and Wormhole by verification, token handling, configuration risk and recovery after failed delivery.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Modular Data Availability Layers: Celestia, EigenDA, Avail and NEAR DA

Top Modular Data Availability Layers: Celestia, EigenDA, Avail and NEAR DA

Compare Celestia, EigenDA, Avail and NEAR DA by verification path, operating assumptions, pricing structure and recovery requirements.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Oracle Networks Solve Different Data Problems: Chainlink, Pyth, RedStone and UMA

Top Oracle Networks Solve Different Data Problems: Chainlink, Pyth, RedStone and UMA

Compare Chainlink, Pyth, RedStone and UMA by data origin, delivery, freshness, confidence, disputes and application trust assumptions.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Restaking and Shared-Security Approaches Define Different Guarantees

Top Restaking and Shared-Security Approaches Define Different Guarantees

Compare EigenLayer, Symbiotic, and legacy Karak designs through collateral, allocation, slashing authority, withdrawal timing, and recovery.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Rollup Frameworks: Compare OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, ZK Stack and Polygon CDK

Top Rollup Frameworks: Compare OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, ZK Stack and Polygon CDK

Compare OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, ZK Stack, and Polygon CDK by deployment choices, data availability, proof systems, and operations.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top ZK Rollups Require Different Development and Recovery Choices

Top ZK Rollups Require Different Development and Recovery Choices

Compare ZKsync, Starknet, Scroll, and Linea by compatibility and recovery, and understand Polygon zkEVM's completed sunset.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How Long Does DNS Propagation Take? What You Are Actually Waiting For

How Long Does DNS Propagation Take? What You Are Actually Waiting For

Understand DNS propagation timing, check authoritative and cached answers, and diagnose TTL, negative caching, and nameserver delays.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is SPF? How Email Servers Check Who Can Send for Your Domain

What Is SPF? How Email Servers Check Who Can Send for Your Domain

Learn how Sender Policy Framework checks sending hosts, reads a TXT policy, and works with DKIM and DMARC to authenticate email.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
WHOIS Lookup: Find a Domain’s Registrar, Dates, and Public Details

WHOIS Lookup: Find a Domain’s Registrar, Dates, and Public Details

Use official registration lookup tools, read registrar and date fields correctly, and understand why public WHOIS or RDAP data may hide personal details.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Wildcard DNS records answer missing names within a DNS tree

Wildcard DNS records answer missing names within a DNS tree

Learn what wildcard DNS matches, how existing names stop matches, and why DNS, TLS certificates, and website routing need separate checks.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Blockchain Data-Availability Approaches: Calldata, Blobs, Committees and Sampling

Top Blockchain Data-Availability Approaches: Calldata, Blobs, Committees and Sampling

Compare Ethereum calldata and blobs, data-availability committees, and sampling-based networks by recovery guarantee, cost, and trust assumptions.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Use Namefi in OpenAI Codex: Search, Register and Manage DNS

How to Use Namefi in OpenAI Codex: Search, Register and Manage DNS

Connect OpenAI Codex (CLI, IDE extension, desktop app) to Namefi over MCP, then search, register and manage DNS for a domain. Exact config and fixes.

  • 15 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Buy Domains with Your AI Agent (Claude, Codex and More)

How to Buy Domains with Your AI Agent (Claude, Codex and More)

Which way to connect an AI agent to a domain registrar (MCP, REST, CLI or WebMCP), how to pay, what to approve yourself, and where to go for Claude, Codex, Cursor and more.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Use the Namefi API: Keys, Requests, DNS and Payment

How to Use the Namefi API: Keys, Requests, DNS and Payment

Get a Namefi API key, authenticate with x-api-key, search availability, register a domain, manage DNS records, and handle errors and payment.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Fully Homomorphic Encryption Schemes: BFV, BGV, CKKS and TFHE

Top Fully Homomorphic Encryption Schemes: BFV, BGV, CKKS and TFHE

A practical comparison of BFV, BGV, CKKS, and TFHE by data type, bootstrapping cost, workload fit, maturity, and available libraries.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Rollup Types: Optimistic, ZK, Validium and Volition Compared

Top Rollup Types: Optimistic, ZK, Validium and Volition Compared

Compare optimistic rollups, ZK rollups, validiums, and volitions by data availability, security inheritance, withdrawal delay, cost, and networks.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems: Groth16, PLONK, STARKs, Halo2 and Nova

Top Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems: Groth16, PLONK, STARKs, Halo2 and Nova

A practical comparison of Groth16, PLONK, STARKs, Halo2, and Nova across proof size, proving speed, setup, verification, and EVM fit.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain and Hosting: What You Need to Buy and What You Can Skip

Domain and Hosting: What You Need to Buy and What You Can Skip

Choose the domain, website hosting, DNS, and email services your project needs, avoid duplicate purchases, and connect separate providers safely.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Subdomain vs Subdirectory: Differences, SEO, and When to Use Each

Subdomain vs Subdirectory: Differences, SEO, and When to Use Each

Compare subdomains and subdirectories for content, apps, and international sites, with practical management tradeoffs and Google's stated SEO guidance.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

How to Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

Plan a registrar transfer, check eligibility and locks, obtain the required authorization, and verify website and email continuity after the move.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Brandable Domain Names: Examples and What Makes Them Work

Brandable Domain Names: Examples and What Makes Them Work

Explore brandable domain name examples and the naming qualities behind them, from pronunciation and memorability to flexibility and fit.

  • 6 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Transfer a Domain to a Buyer After a Sale

How to Transfer a Domain to a Buyer After a Sale

A seller’s handoff checklist: choose an account push or registrar transfer, confirm payment, protect website and email service, and verify delivery.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Keyword Domains and SEO: When Is an Exact-Match Name Worth Buying?

Keyword Domains and SEO: When Is an Exact-Match Name Worth Buying?

Separate a keyword domain’s business value from ranking claims, evaluate a seller’s evidence, and decide what the name is worth to your project.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Bringing WebMCP to Namefi: let your agent work with your domains

Bringing WebMCP to Namefi: let your agent work with your domains

How Namefi brings agents onto its website with WebMCP, shared MCP contracts, domain search, cart tools, and DNS plans you can review.

  • 8 min read
  • By Sid Jain
In 2004, Two Registrars Tried to Pay You When Your Expired Domain Sold. Why Didn't It Last?

In 2004, Two Registrars Tried to Pay You When Your Expired Domain Sold. Why Didn't It Last?

Tucows aimed to return about 80% of an expiry auction to the former owner. The attempt ran into three hard problems — and no one ever announced why it ended.

  • 17 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is HTTPS? Why a Secure Connection Does Not Mean a Safe Website

What Is HTTPS? Why a Secure Connection Does Not Mean a Safe Website

Understand HTTPS encryption, certificate checks, and port 443. Learn what a secure connection proves and how visitors and operators should respond.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How We Cut AI Buyer Discovery Cost by 85%: Start Lean, Escalate With Evidence

How We Cut AI Buyer Discovery Cost by 85%: Start Lean, Escalate With Evidence

A practical method for cheaper buyer discovery using progressive model escalation, LLM-as-judge gates, and Laminar traces and evals.

  • 13 min read
  • By Sid Jain
What Is Agent Payment, and Why Is Everybody Rushing to Provide It?

What Is Agent Payment, and Why Is Everybody Rushing to Provide It?

Agent payment lets AI agents spend with scoped, revocable authority. Inside Stripe's Link wallet for agents, Mercury's agent cards, and the 2025–26 rush.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
MCP vs REST API vs CLI: Differences and When to Use Each

MCP vs REST API vs CLI: Differences and When to Use Each

Compare MCP, REST APIs, and CLIs for AI agents: tool discovery, context use, authentication, and the cases where each approach fits.

  • 19 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
OAuth CIMD: Why Domains Matter for AI Agent Trust

OAuth CIMD: Why Domains Matter for AI Agent Trust

OAuth CIMD lets an HTTPS URL identify a client. For AI agents, that makes stable domains, secure DNS, and TLS part of the trust path.

  • 16 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
OAuth CIMD Explained Simply: A Web Address as an AI Agent ID

OAuth CIMD Explained Simply: A Web Address as an AI Agent ID

CIMD lets an AI agent use an HTTPS address as its OAuth ID. Learn how domains, HTTPS, and public keys help, and where trust stops.

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The Cat-and-Mouse War of Email Sender Reputation

The Cat-and-Mouse War of Email Sender Reputation

A source-backed history of the thirty-year arms race over email sender reputation—the open relays, botnets, image spam, snowshoe campaigns, warmup networks, and other tricks bulk senders used to look trustworthy, the named operators who ran them, and the year and mechanism by which each trick was detected and shut down.

  • 24 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Is an Agent-Native Domain Registrar?

What Is an Agent-Native Domain Registrar?

Registrars have had APIs for decades, but an API alone isn't agent-native. The checklist: discovery, docs, errors, payment, and policy hooks.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Can an AI Agent Own a Domain? WHOIS, Custody & Tokens

Can an AI Agent Own a Domain? WHOIS, Custody & Tokens

The registrant must be a legal person, but custody can be delegated. WHOIS, API keys, and tokenized domains — the custody spectrum explained.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How AI Agents Buy Domains Without a Human (2026)

How AI Agents Buy Domains Without a Human (2026)

In April 2026, domain registration moved into the agent layer. How AI agents search, price, and register domains — and the guardrails that still matter.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Register a Domain with Your AI Agent on Namefi

How to Register a Domain with Your AI Agent on Namefi

The canonical guide to registering a domain on Namefi with any AI agent — Claude, Codex, Cursor, and more — via MCP, REST, or wallet checkout.

  • 20 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
AI-Agentic Domain Platforms: The 2026 Guide

AI-Agentic Domain Platforms: The 2026 Guide

Every platform where an AI agent can search, price, and register a domain in 2026 — Cloudflare, Name.com, Namefi — by interface, payment, autonomy.

  • 15 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
"AI Domain Search" Means Two Different Things in 2026

"AI Domain Search" Means Two Different Things in 2026

"AI domain search" can mean an assistant that suggests or an agent that buys. A two-column test to know which you need and where to get each.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best .ai Domain Registrars for AI Startups (2026)

Best .ai Domain Registrars for AI Startups (2026)

Where AI startups should register .ai in 2026: verified price bands and renewal terms across five registrars, plus which ones an AI agent can actually use.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
GoDaddy Airo vs Namecheap AI vs Namefi: Key Differences

GoDaddy Airo vs Namecheap AI vs Namefi: Key Differences

GoDaddy Airo and Namecheap AI suggest names; Namefi's agent registers them. What each product's AI actually does, compared in one table.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Best AI Domain Tools 2026: Generators vs Agent Platforms

Best AI Domain Tools 2026: Generators vs Agent Platforms

Ranked 2026 guide to AI domain tools across three tiers: name generators, registrar assistants, and fully agentic platforms that register for you.

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Beyond the AI Domain Name Generator: The Agent Era

Beyond the AI Domain Name Generator: The Agent Era

AI name generators stop at suggestions. The capability ladder from suggest to search, configure, transact, and manage — and who ships each rung.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Cloudflare vs Name.com vs Namefi: Agent-Native Registrars

Cloudflare vs Name.com vs Namefi: Agent-Native Registrars

Feature-by-feature comparison of the three agent-native registrars: pricing, MCP support, crypto checkout, tokenized ownership, and when to pick each.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Buy a Domain with Claude: Namefi MCP Step-by-Step Guide

Buy a Domain with Claude: Namefi MCP Step-by-Step Guide

Connect Claude to the Namefi MCP server and register a real domain from one conversation. Exact config, an annotated transcript, and troubleshooting.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is llms.txt? Format, Examples, and How It Works

What Is llms.txt? Format, Examples, and How It Works

Learn what llms.txt does, how its format works, and how it differs from robots.txt and MCP, with a real domain API example.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Namefi MCP Quickstart: Claude Code, Cursor & Windsurf

Namefi MCP Quickstart: Claude Code, Cursor & Windsurf

Per-editor OAuth and API-key MCP setup for Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf, then a five-step quickstart from a new app to a live custom domain.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Namefi MCP Server: Domain Tools for AI Agents

Namefi MCP Server: Domain Tools for AI Agents

The Namefi MCP server's current /v-next tool surface: search, registration, DNS, renewals, outbound workflows, OAuth and API-key authentication, plus separate x402 and MPP HTTP payment paths.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Buy a Domain with Natural Language (2026)

How to Buy a Domain with Natural Language (2026)

A step-by-step walkthrough from a natural-language prompt to a registered domain with DNS configured — no browser checkout, with guardrails you control.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
RFC 10008: HTTP Finally Has a Proper Way to Ask Complex Questions

RFC 10008: HTTP Finally Has a Proper Way to Ask Complex Questions

RFC 10008 adds HTTP QUERY, a standard way to send a large or structured read request without making it look like a data-changing POST.

  • 10 min read
  • By Sami Mishal
The State of Agentic Domain Management, 2026

The State of Agentic Domain Management, 2026

Domain registration's shift to the agent layer: a sourced timeline, a shipped-vs-announced audit including Namefi, and falsifiable 2027 predictions.

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Vibe Coding Needs a Domain: Register Without Leaving Flow

Vibe Coding Needs a Domain: Register Without Leaving Flow

Many vibe-coded apps deploy to a hosting-platform subdomain. How the same agent that built your app can name it and register a domain without breaking flow.

  • 9 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Pay for Domains with a Crypto Wallet: No Account Needed

Pay for Domains with a Crypto Wallet: No Account Needed

How Namefi's wallet-signed checkout lets an AI agent buy a domain with crypto, no account required — flow, security model, and spend policies.

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Beyond

Top Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Beyond

A clear guide to blockchain consensus mechanisms—Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, Delegated Proof of Stake, BFT consensus, and how each secures a network.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Cryptographic Primitives Behind Every Blockchain

Top Cryptographic Primitives Behind Every Blockchain

A guide to the core cryptographic primitives that make blockchains work—hash functions, digital signatures, Merkle trees, elliptic-curve crypto, and commitments.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top Blockchain Privacy Technologies: Zero-Knowledge Proofs, FHE, MPC, TEEs and Ring Signatures

Top Blockchain Privacy Technologies: Zero-Knowledge Proofs, FHE, MPC, TEEs and Ring Signatures

A plain-language guide to the five leading blockchain privacy technologies—zero-knowledge proofs, FHE, MPC, TEEs, and ring signatures—compared side by side.

  • 15 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top Blockchain Scaling Approaches: Rollups, Sidechains, Channels and Sharding

Top Blockchain Scaling Approaches: Rollups, Sidechains, Channels and Sharding

A learner's guide to blockchain scaling — optimistic rollups, ZK rollups, sidechains, payment channels, sharding, and data availability layers compared.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Blockchain Virtual Machines: EVM, SVM, MoveVM, WebAssembly/RISC-V and CairoVM

Top Blockchain Virtual Machines: EVM, SVM, MoveVM, WebAssembly/RISC-V and CairoVM

A guide to top blockchain virtual machines—EVM, SVM, MoveVM, WebAssembly and RISC-V VMs, and CairoVM—comparing languages, execution models, and ecosystems.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Cheap Domain Names: Compare the Price You Will Actually Renew At

Cheap Domain Names: Compare the Price You Will Actually Renew At

Find a cheap domain with official price lists, compare registration and renewal, and calculate the cost of keeping the exact name.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Appraising ENS and Tokenized Domains: Reading Onchain Comps

Appraising ENS and Tokenized Domains: Reading Onchain Comps

How to appraise ENS and tokenized domains using onchain comps, floor-versus-premium reasoning, and ENS club factors — and why it differs from DNS.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
ENS vs DNS Domain Flipping: What's Different

ENS vs DNS Domain Flipping: What's Different

How flipping ENS .eth names differs from flipping traditional DNS domains: ownership, liquidity, renewal, gas, and what each is good for.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
ENS vs Unstoppable vs Tokenized DNS Domains

ENS vs Unstoppable vs Tokenized DNS Domains

ENS vs Unstoppable Domains vs tokenized ICANN DNS, compared on browser resolvability, renewals, and who actually controls the name.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How Tokenization Changes Domain Flipping

How Tokenization Changes Domain Flipping

How bringing a domain on-chain can reshape flipping through verifiable token control, compatible marketplaces, and programmable settlement without removing registrar dependencies.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Onchain Domain Custody, Wallets, and Recovery

Onchain Domain Custody, Wallets, and Recovery

How custody really works for onchain domains: wallets, multisig, seed-phrase risk, and recovering a tokenized domain after wallet loss.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Onchain Domain Flipping: Trading ENS and Tokenized Domains

Onchain Domain Flipping: Trading ENS and Tokenized Domains

How onchain domain flipping works — trading ENS and tokenized domains through wallets and compatible NFT marketplaces, and how it differs from registrar flipping.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Onchain Domain Marketplaces Compared: OpenSea, Seaport, and Beyond

Onchain Domain Marketplaces Compared: OpenSea, Seaport, and Beyond

OpenSea, Seaport-based, and domain-native onchain marketplaces compared on fees, reach, and custody — which venue fits which tokenized-domain sale.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Selling Domains as NFTs: Onchain Liquidity

Selling Domains as NFTs: Onchain Liquidity

How selling a domain as an NFT works: listing mechanics, Seaport and OpenSea, buyer-restricted private sales, royalties, and gas and scam traps.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Tokenize Your .com to Flip It: A Namefi Walkthrough

Tokenize Your .com to Flip It: A Namefi Walkthrough

A Namefi walkthrough: add an on-chain token-control layer to a .com, preserve standard DNS, and use atomic payment-and-token settlement without conflating the token with legal title.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Why a DAO Should Control the Main Domain

Why a DAO Should Control the Main Domain

The main domain is a critical control point for an online movement. Here is how a DAO can govern it while preserving legal, registrar, DNS, security, and operational safeguards.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Avoid Domain Sale Scams

How to Avoid Domain Sale Scams

The common domain-sale scams — fake escrow, fake buyers, overpayment chargebacks, transfer-before-payment — and the habits that keep your sales safe.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Brandable vs Keyword Domains: Which Sell Better?

Brandable vs Keyword Domains: Which Sell Better?

Brandable invented names vs exact-match keyword domains: who buys each, which resells more reliably, and the trademark angle every flipper should know.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Cybersquatting vs Legitimate Domaining: UDRP and ACPA Explained

Cybersquatting vs Legitimate Domaining: UDRP and ACPA Explained

Where legitimate domaining ends and cybersquatting begins: the UDRP three-part test, the ACPA, reverse domain hijacking, and how to stay safe.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
GoDaddy Domain Appraisal: What Is Your Domain Really Worth?

GoDaddy Domain Appraisal: What Is Your Domain Really Worth?

Use GoDaddy domain appraisal, inspect comparable sales, and turn an automated estimate into a practical buying or selling decision.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Backorders and Drop-Catching, Explained

Domain Backorders and Drop-Catching, Explained

Learn what a domain backorder commits you to, how drop-catching differs from expiry auctions, and which payment and auction rules to check.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Flipping and the Law: Trademarks, UDRP, and Scams

Domain Flipping and the Law: Trademarks, UDRP, and Scams

The legal landscape every domain flipper needs: trademark basics, UDRP and ACPA, escrow at closing, hijacking defense, and how to dodge sale scams.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
For-Sale Landing Pages That Convert

For-Sale Landing Pages That Convert

How to build a domain for-sale landing page that converts: a clear price or offer path, real trust signals, and a frictionless way to buy or make an offer.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Is Domain Parking? Parked Domains and Monetization

What Is Domain Parking? Parked Domains and Monetization

Learn what a parked domain is, why people park domains, and how parking, sale landing pages, and monetization differ.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Running a Domain Portfolio Like a Business

Running a Domain Portfolio Like a Business

Run your domains like inventory: track cost basis, watch sell-through rate, control renewal drag, prune losers, and keep the books clean.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Domain Pricing Psychology: Buy-Now vs Make-Offer

Domain Pricing Psychology: Buy-Now vs Make-Offer

How listing mode and initial numbers can influence a domain sale: anchoring, when to name a price, planned concessions, and buy-now vs make-offer.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Renewal Costs and Sell-Through Rate: The Real Math of Domaining

Renewal Costs and Sell-Through Rate: The Real Math of Domaining

The honest economics of domaining: renewal drag, sell-through rate as a rule of thumb, and why one good sale has to fund many years of renewals.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
End-User Price vs Reseller Price: Why One Domain Has Two Numbers

End-User Price vs Reseller Price: Why One Domain Has Two Numbers

Why a domain has a low wholesale/reseller price and a much higher end-user price, how big the spread is, and which number applies to your sale.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Your Domain Expired: Can You Still Get It Back?

Your Domain Expired: Can You Still Get It Back?

Recover an expired domain by checking the registrar account and registration status. Separate renewal, redemption, and release without a false countdown.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Hand-Registering Domains to Flip: Finding Available Gems

Hand-Registering Domains to Flip: Finding Available Gems

How to find still-available domains worth a registration fee: wordlists, TLD permutations, brandable patterns, and the filters that beat impulse buys.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How the TLD Affects a Domain's Value

How the TLD Affects a Domain's Value

How the extension after the dot moves a domain's price: the .com premium, the .io/.ai/.co context, and the policy and geopolitical risk behind ccTLDs.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Find Domains to Flip: Every Sourcing Channel

How to Find Domains to Flip: Every Sourcing Channel

The four ways to source domains to flip — hand-registration, expired drops, auctions, and the aftermarket — and each channel's risk and price profile.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Read Comparable Domain Sales (Comps)

How to Read Comparable Domain Sales (Comps)

How to use NameBio-style sales history to price a domain: finding true comparables, adjusting for TLD, length and keyword, and avoiding cherry-picking.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Sell Domains for Profit

How to Sell Domains for Profit

The end-to-end playbook for selling domains: inbound vs outbound, pricing format, where to list, when to use a broker, and closing the deal safely.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Win Domain Auctions Without Overpaying

How to Win Domain Auctions Without Overpaying

How aftermarket domain auctions actually work — proxy bids, sniping, hard maxes, reading demand, and dodging the overpay and shill traps.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Inbound vs Outbound Domain Sales

Inbound vs Outbound Domain Sales

Inbound vs outbound domain sales: when each works, the effort-and-return tradeoff, and how to run both without your outreach reading as spam.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Marketing Your Domains for Sale

Marketing Your Domains for Sale

How to market domains for sale: parking pages, for-sale landers, and listing SEO that put the right name in front of the right buyer.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Marketplace Discoverability for Domain Listings: Afternic and Sedo

Marketplace Discoverability for Domain Listings: Afternic and Sedo

How domain listings are discovered on Afternic and Sedo, which seller-controlled fields each platform actually exposes, and how registrar distribution, pricing, landers, and promotion differ.

  • 8 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Short, LLLL, and Numeric Domains: The Chinese-Market Premium

Short, LLLL, and Numeric Domains: The Chinese-Market Premium

Why Chinese buyers price short, four-letter, and numeric .com domains as a distinct asset class — pinyin, no-vowel premiums, and lucky 8 vs unlucky 4.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Taxes and Accounting for Domain Investors

Taxes and Accounting for Domain Investors

How domain investors handle taxes: inventory vs. capital assets, cost basis, when income is recognized, and expensing renewals. Educational, not advice.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Makes a Domain Name Valuable

What Makes a Domain Name Valuable

Why one string of letters is worth thousands and a near-identical one is worth nothing: length, real words, the .com premium, intent, and brandability.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
When to Drop a Domain (and Cut Your Losers)

When to Drop a Domain (and Cut Your Losers)

How to decide when to let a domain expire: renewal cost vs realistic resale odds, the sunk-cost trap, and the signals a name will never sell.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Where to Sell Domains: Afternic vs Sedo vs Dan vs Namefi

Where to Sell Domains: Afternic vs Sedo vs Dan vs Namefi

Afternic vs Sedo vs Dan vs onchain marketplaces compared on reach, fees, and fast transfer — plus how to list one name across several at once.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Does a Domain Broker Do? Fees, Services, and How to Choose

What Does a Domain Broker Do? Fees, Services, and How to Choose

Learn when a domain broker helps, how buyer and seller representation differ, and which fees, incentives, and terms to check before hiring one.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Flipping: How It Works, Costs, Risks, and Selling Basics

Domain Flipping: How It Works, Costs, Risks, and Selling Basics

Learn how domain flipping works, from finding and valuing names to selling them, with realistic costs, risks, and holding-period tradeoffs.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Is a Domain Hack? Examples and Extension Tradeoffs

What Is a Domain Hack? Examples and Extension Tradeoffs

See how domain hacks form words across the dot, explore examples, and learn what country-code rules can mean for choosing one.

  • 13 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is Your Domain Worth? How to Get Past the Automated Estimate

What Is Your Domain Worth? How to Get Past the Automated Estimate

Estimate a domain’s value with comparable sales, buyer demand, renewal costs, and appraisal limits before choosing an asking range.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From Box.net to Box.com: The ~$1M Upgrade That Dropped the ".net" and Bought the Exact Match

From Box.net to Box.com: The ~$1M Upgrade That Dropped the ".net" and Bought the Exact Match

How Box launched in 2005 on Box.net because Box.com was taken, pivoted from consumer storage to the enterprise, and in 2011 paid Digimedia close to $1 million for the exact-match Box.com — a .net-to-.com upgrade that landed right as the company became simply "Box."

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From BufferApp.com to Buffer.com: The 624-Day, Bank-Statement-Open Domain Deal

From BufferApp.com to Buffer.com: The 624-Day, Bank-Statement-Open Domain Deal

How Buffer launched in 2010 on BufferApp.com because Buffer.com was taken, then spent 624 days acquiring the exact-match domain — even showing the seller its bank balance — and why a company famous for radical transparency stayed quiet on the one number everyone wanted: the price.

  • 15 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Who Owns Trip.com? Ctrip, Trip.com Group, and the Rebrand

Who Owns Trip.com? Ctrip, Trip.com Group, and the Rebrand

Understand how Trip.com relates to Ctrip and Trip.com Group, and trace the acquisition and company-name changes behind the travel brand.

  • 16 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From del.icio.us to Delicious.com: The Cleverest Domain Hack on the Web — and Why Yahoo Untangled It

From del.icio.us to Delicious.com: The Cleverest Domain Hack on the Web — and Why Yahoo Untangled It

How the pioneering social-bookmarking site launched in 2003 as the famous domain hack "del.icio.us," why those dots became a permanent tax on every mention, and how Yahoo moved it to the cleaner Delicious.com in 2008.

  • 15 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From DiscordApp.com to Discord.com: How Dropping "App" Closed a Door Phishers Loved

From DiscordApp.com to Discord.com: How Dropping "App" Closed a Door Phishers Loved

How Discord launched in 2015 on DiscordApp.com because Discord.com was taken, quietly bought the bare word, and in 2020 made discord.com its primary home — partly for brand cleanliness, partly because the "discordapp.com" vs "discord.com" split was a gift to phishers and malware crews.

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From Facebook.com to Meta.com: How a $60M Name Deal and a Borrowed Science Domain Powered the Metaverse Pivot

From Facebook.com to Meta.com: How a $60M Name Deal and a Borrowed Science Domain Powered the Metaverse Pivot

How Facebook, Inc. became Meta in October 2021, why Meta.com was already a Zuckerberg-related asset forwarding from a science search engine, and how a separate $60M deal bought the "Meta" name from a Sioux Falls bank — while the Facebook app kept Facebook.com.

  • 14 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From Instagr.am to Instagram.com: The $100K Domain Hack That Spelled a Brand With Armenia

From Instagr.am to Instagram.com: The $100K Domain Hack That Spelled a Brand With Armenia

How Instagram launched in 2010 on the instagr.am domain hack — borrowing Armenia's .am ccTLD to spell its own name — then paid $100,000 to consolidate on Instagram.com, and what the tradeoffs of a clever ccTLD hack teach founders.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From JambaJuice.com to Jamba.com: How a Smoothie Chain Dropped a Word — and Already Owned the Domain

From JambaJuice.com to Jamba.com: How a Smoothie Chain Dropped a Word — and Already Owned the Domain

How Jamba Juice spent 29 years explaining itself with the word "Juice," why it dropped that word in 2019 to become simply "Jamba," and the quiet advantage almost no one noticed: Jamba.com was already an established company domain before the rebrand.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From Massdrop.com to Drop.com: How a Group-Buy Community Dropped Half Its Name to Own One Word

From Massdrop.com to Drop.com: How a Group-Buy Community Dropped Half Its Name to Own One Word

How Massdrop spent seven years building an enthusiast group-buying community, then rebranded to Drop in 2019 — quietly acquiring the premium Drop.com domain (asking price once $800,000) before the rename, and why dropping "Mass" mattered.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From Mona.co to Crypto.com: How Monaco Paid Millions for the Domain a Cryptographer Held for 25 Years

From Mona.co to Crypto.com: How Monaco Paid Millions for the Domain a Cryptographer Held for 25 Years

How the crypto-card startup Monaco rebranded to Crypto.com in 2018 by buying the ultra-premium Crypto.com domain — registered in 1993 by cryptographer Matt Blaze, who refused to sell for 25 years — in a deal experts valued at up to $10 million.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From Mr. Chewy to Chewy: The Name and Domain Change

From Mr. Chewy to Chewy: The Name and Domain Change

Learn how Mr. Chewy became Chewy and how the shorter name and domain fit the company’s brand evolution.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Why Did Twitter Become X? The Rebrand and X.com Story

Why Did Twitter Become X? The Rebrand and X.com Story

Trace Twitter’s change to X, the history of X.com, and how the name, domain, and redirect changes fit into the rebrand.

  • 15 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From UrbanCompass.com to Compass.com: How Dropping "Urban" Turned a NYC Rental App Into a National Brokerage

From UrbanCompass.com to Compass.com: How Dropping "Urban" Turned a NYC Rental App Into a National Brokerage

How Urban Compass launched in 2012 as a New York rental app on UrbanCompass.com, dropped "Urban" in its February 2015 rebrand, and upgraded to the exact-match Compass.com — a domain that had been listed at auction for $1 million — right as it set out to go national.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The $12 Minute: When Google Domains Accepted a Google.com Order

The $12 Minute: When Google Domains Accepted a Google.com Order

In September 2015, Google Domains accepted a $12 order for google.com from former employee Sanmay Ved, then canceled it about a minute later. What the incident proves, what remains uncertain, and why the $6,006.13 bounty still matters for domain security.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Domain Mayday EP03: The 2020 Twitter Bitcoin Account Takeover

Domain Mayday EP03: The 2020 Twitter Bitcoin Account Takeover

On July 15, 2020, attackers phoned their way into Twitter, hijacked the verified accounts of Obama, Biden, Musk, Gates, Apple and Uber, and ran a Bitcoin doubling scam — netting about $118,000. A deep-dive on how control of an online identity was stolen, and what it teaches about owning a name.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Domain Mayday EP05: The 2024 Squarespace DeFi Domain Mass-Hijack

Domain Mayday EP05: The 2024 Squarespace DeFi Domain Mass-Hijack

In July 2024, a registrar migration from Google Domains to Squarespace turned weak default authentication into a mass attack surface. Attackers hijacked the domains of crypto and DeFi projects — Compound Finance, Celer Network, Pendle, Unstoppable Domains — and pointed them at wallet-drainer phishing sites. Here is how a "seamless" migration created hundreds of unlocked front doors, and what it teaches about registrar security and MFA.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The BadgerDAO Front-End Attack: $120M Drained Through One Injected Script

The BadgerDAO Front-End Attack: $120M Drained Through One Injected Script

In December 2021, attackers compromised BadgerDAO's Cloudflare account and injected one malicious script into its website front-end. The audited smart contracts were never touched — yet ~$120M walked out the door through wallet approvals users signed without knowing. A deep-dive on why the website is part of your security surface.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Bitcoin.org Website Hijack: How Bitcoin's Home Page Became a "Double Your Coins" Scam

The Bitcoin.org Website Hijack: How Bitcoin's Home Page Became a "Double Your Coins" Scam

In September 2021, Bitcoin.org — the long-time informational home of Bitcoin run by the pseudonymous operator Cobra — displayed a fake "double your Bitcoin" giveaway before the site was pulled offline. Nameserver and WHOIS changes led observers to suspect DNS compromise, but the public root cause remained unconfirmed. Here is what the incident teaches about crypto-native sites depending on ordinary domain infrastructure.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Curve Finance DNS Hijack: When "Audited Contracts" Couldn't Save the Front Door

The Curve Finance DNS Hijack: When "Audited Contracts" Couldn't Save the Front Door

In August 2022, Curve Finance's smart contracts were untouched — but attackers hijacked the curve.fi domain at its registrar, cloned the site, and drained roughly $570K from users. A deep-dive into the DNS attack on a DeFi front-end, and what it teaches about domain security.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
DNSpionage: The Campaign That Weaponized DNS Against Governments

DNSpionage: The Campaign That Weaponized DNS Against Governments

In late 2018, Cisco Talos disclosed DNSpionage — a campaign later linked by researchers to Iranian interests that included malware and a separate DNS-redirection operation against government and company domains. In January 2019, CISA ordered federal agencies to audit and secure DNS infrastructure through Emergency Directive 19-01.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The Dyn DNS Attack: When a Mirai Botnet Disrupted Major Internet Services

The Dyn DNS Attack: When a Mirai Botnet Disrupted Major Internet Services

On October 21, 2016, a DDoS attack powered by the Mirai IoT botnet hit DNS provider Dyn in three waves, making Twitter, Netflix, Reddit, Spotify, GitHub, Airbnb, PayPal, and other services unreachable for many users — a Domain Mayday case study in DNS provider concentration.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Mayday EP14: When a Security Firm Got DNS-Hijacked — The Fox-IT Incident

Domain Mayday EP14: When a Security Firm Got DNS-Hijacked — The Fox-IT Incident

In September 2017, attackers logged into Dutch security firm Fox-IT's third-party domain registrar, changed its DNS, fraudulently obtained a TLS certificate, and ran a 10-hour man-in-the-middle on client traffic — until Fox-IT caught it and published one of the most transparent post-mortems in the industry.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The GoDaddy Multi-Year Campaign: Hosting Breaches, Exposed Credentials, and Malicious Redirects

The GoDaddy Multi-Year Campaign: Hosting Breaches, Exposed Credentials, and Malicious Redirects

GoDaddy says hosting incidents disclosed between 2020 and 2022 were part of a multi-year threat campaign that exposed 1.2 million Managed WordPress customers and redirected some hosted websites. A close look at provider concentration risk — and at what the disclosures do not establish.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
When ICANN Staff Got Phished: The 2014 CZDS Data Breach

When ICANN Staff Got Phished: The 2014 CZDS Data Breach

In late 2014, spear-phishing emails spoofing ICANN's domain harvested staff credentials and enabled administrative access to files in the Centralized Zone Data System. A close look at the copied gTLD zone data and user information that were exposed — and the critical IANA systems that were not affected.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Lenovo.com DNS Hijack: When Lizard Squad Took a Hardware Giant's Front Door

The Lenovo.com DNS Hijack: When Lizard Squad Took a Hardware Giant's Front Door

On February 25, 2015, attackers changed Lenovo.com's nameserver and mail routing, sending visitors to a webcam slideshow and exposing some email traffic. Researchers attributed the incident to a Webnic compromise, but Webnic did not publicly confirm their reported exploit chain.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Malaysia Airlines DNS Hijack: "404 — Plane Not Found"

The Malaysia Airlines DNS Hijack: "404 — Plane Not Found"

In January 2015, Lizard Squad hijacked the DNS of malaysiaairlines.com and replaced the airline site with a tuxedo-wearing lizard and the taunt "404 — Plane Not Found." No server was breached — the attackers simply changed where the domain pointed. A Domain Mayday deep-dive into how DNS became the airline's most exposed front door.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The MyEtherWallet BGP + DNS Attack: How Hijacked Internet Routing Drained $150K in ETH

The MyEtherWallet BGP + DNS Attack: How Hijacked Internet Routing Drained $150K in ETH

On April 24, 2018, attackers hijacked the internet routing for Amazon Route 53, poisoned DNS answers for myetherwallet.com, and served a phishing clone behind a self-signed certificate — draining roughly $150,000 in Ethereum. A Domain Mayday deep-dive into why DNS rides on a routing layer that trusts by default.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Panix.com Domain Hijack: A Fraudulent Transfer of New York's Oldest ISP

The Panix.com Domain Hijack: A Fraudulent Transfer of New York's Oldest ISP

In January 2005, panix.com — the domain of New York's oldest commercial ISP — was fraudulently transferred through a reseller account opened with stolen credit-card details. ICANN's review found a failure to obtain express authorization, not a flaw introduced by the then-new transfer policy.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The Perl.com Domain Theft: How a 30-Year-Old Community Home Was Quietly Stolen

The Perl.com Domain Theft: How a 30-Year-Old Community Home Was Quietly Stolen

In late January 2021, perl.com — a decades-old home of the Perl programming community — was stolen via a registrar-level account compromise, transferred through China, pointed at a malware-linked IP, and listed for $190,000. Here is how it happened, how it was recovered, and what it teaches about registrar account security.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Sea Turtle: The State-Sponsored Campaign That Hijacked DNS to Spy on Governments

Sea Turtle: The State-Sponsored Campaign That Hijacked DNS to Spy on Governments

How "Sea Turtle," a state-sponsored campaign disclosed by Cisco Talos in 2019, hijacked DNS through registrars, registries, and DNS providers — redirecting governments, ministries, and energy firms to attacker servers, obtaining CA-signed and other certificates for interception, and breaching a national TLD registry.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
The Sex.com Heist: A Forged Letter That Stole the Internet's Most Valuable Domain

The Sex.com Heist: A Forged Letter That Stole the Internet's Most Valuable Domain

In 1995 a con man named Stephen Cohen stole sex.com from rightful owner Gary Kremen with a single forged letter to Network Solutions. The years-long fight to win it back ended in a $65 million judgment, a fugitive in Mexico, and a landmark ruling that domains are property.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The SushiSwap MISO Insider Attack: How One Malicious Commit Diverted ~$3M From a Token Auction

The SushiSwap MISO Insider Attack: How One Malicious Commit Diverted ~$3M From a Token Auction

In September 2021 an anonymous contractor slipped their own wallet address into SushiSwap's MISO launchpad front-end via a malicious commit, diverting 864.8 ETH (~$3M) from the Jay Pegs Auto Mart auction. A Domain Mayday deep-dive on code supply chains, front-end trust, and what it teaches about verifiable ownership.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Domain Mayday EP10: How the Syrian Electronic Army Took Down NYTimes.com Through a Phished Reseller

Domain Mayday EP10: How the Syrian Electronic Army Took Down NYTimes.com Through a Phished Reseller

On August 27, 2013, the Syrian Electronic Army phished a Melbourne IT reseller, rewrote the DNS records for nytimes.com and Twitter's domains, and took the New York Times offline for hours. A deep dive into how a registrar-chain weak link became a newspaper's front-door failure — and what registry locks would have changed.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From AirBedAndBreakfast.com to Airbnb.com: The Domain Upgrade That Let a Company Outgrow Its Air Mattresses

From AirBedAndBreakfast.com to Airbnb.com: The Domain Upgrade That Let a Company Outgrow Its Air Mattresses

How Airbnb launched in 2008 as AirBed & Breakfast on AirBedAndBreakfast.com, then shortened to Airbnb.com in 2009 to escape the literal air-mattress name and become a scalable global brand.

  • 11 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From GetDropbox.com to Dropbox.com: The $300K Upgrade That Dropped "Get" and a Bottle of Champagne

From GetDropbox.com to Dropbox.com: The $300K Upgrade That Dropped "Get" and a Bottle of Champagne

How Dropbox launched on GetDropbox.com because Dropbox.com was taken, fought a trademark and squatting battle, and finally bought the exact-match Dropbox.com for a reported $300,000 in cash.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From SlackHQ.com to Slack.com: The $60K Upgrade That Dropped the "HQ"

From SlackHQ.com to Slack.com: The $60K Upgrade That Dropped the "HQ"

How Slack launched on SlackHQ.com because someone else had Slack.com, paid a reported $60,000 to buy the exact-match domain, dropped the "HQ" — and why @SlackHQ still survives on social to this day.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
From Snapchat.com to Snap.com: The $5M Domain That Turned an App Into a Camera Company

From Snapchat.com to Snap.com: The $5M Domain That Turned an App Into a Camera Company

How Snapchat quietly bought Snap.com from Idealab for a reported $5M in 2014, then in September 2016 renamed itself Snap Inc., "a camera company," and let the short exact-match domain carry an identity bigger than any single app.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Uber’s Original Name: Why UberCab Became Uber

Uber’s Original Name: Why UberCab Became Uber

Discover Uber’s original name, why UberCab became Uber, and how its domain change supported a broader brand.

  • 15 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top 10 TLDs to Evaluate for Your Accounting Firm

Top 10 TLDs to Evaluate for Your Accounting Firm

Ten TLDs an accounting firm can evaluate — from restricted .cpa to defensive .com, .net, and .org registrations, with eligibility and recurring-cost caveats.

  • 8 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your Business

Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your Business

Discover the top TLDs to secure for your business, why defensive domain registration protects your brand, and how to register them the smart way.

  • 8 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your E-commerce Store

Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your E-commerce Store

The top 10 TLDs to secure for your e-commerce store, from .com to .shop and .store, plus a defensive registration strategy to protect your retail brand.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your Fashion Brand

Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your Fashion Brand

A practical guide to the top 10 TLDs to secure for your fashion brand, covering brand protection, retail intent, and defensive domain registration strategy.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your Law Firm

Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your Law Firm

Ten TLDs a law firm can evaluate, including credential restrictions on .law and .abogado, current .esq policy, and a defensive-registration strategy that requires live eligibility checks.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure as a Realtor

Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure as a Realtor

The top 10 TLDs every realtor should secure for brand protection, including .realtor eligibility rules, defensive registration tips, and where to register.

  • 7 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your SaaS

Top 10 TLDs You Should Secure for Your SaaS

The top 10 TLDs to secure for your SaaS — from .com and .io to .app and .ai — with defensive registration tips and authoritative registry facts.

  • 8 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Top 10 TLDs to Evaluate for Your Startup

Top 10 TLDs to Evaluate for Your Startup

Evaluate ten TLDs for a startup, from .com to .ai, and build a budgeted defensive-registration plan without confusing exact-match coverage with typosquatting protection.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Name Your Project: A Founder's Field Guide

How to Name Your Project: A Founder's Field Guide

A practical, research-backed guide for founders naming a project, product, or company: clear it legally, make it easy to say, generate strong candidates, check it across cultures, and run the searches that matter before you commit.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
.ai vs .io Domains: Meaning, Cost, and Which Fits Your Project

.ai vs .io Domains: Meaning, Cost, and Which Fits Your Project

Compare .ai and .io domains by meaning, cost considerations, brand fit, and registry context before choosing an extension for your project.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Escrow Explained: How Safe Domain Transactions Work

Domain Escrow Explained: How Safe Domain Transactions Work

A plain-English guide to escrow and domain escrow — what an escrow account is, how escrow works step by step in a domain sale, why it matters for avoiding fraud, traditional escrow services vs. the modern tokenized approach, and how smart contracts can replace escrow with atomic on-chain settlement.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From TeslaMotors.com to Tesla.com: The $11M Domain Upgrade That Took a Decade

From TeslaMotors.com to Tesla.com: The $11M Domain Upgrade That Took a Decade

How Tesla spent over a decade and a reported $11M to move from TeslaMotors.com to the exact-match Tesla.com, and why the domain upgrade arrived right before the company dropped "Motors" from its name.

  • 12 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From TheFacebook to Facebook: Why the Name and Domain Changed

From TheFacebook to Facebook: Why the Name and Domain Changed

Explore why TheFacebook became Facebook, how the domain acquisition fit the rebrand, and what the move changed for the growing company.

  • 13 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Premium Web3 TLDs: A 2026 Guide to Tokenized DNS Domains

Premium Web3 TLDs: A 2026 Guide to Tokenized DNS Domains

A 2026 guide to the ambiguous term "Web3 TLD," the difference between blockchain-native names and tokenized DNS domains, and how to evaluate extensions without assuming liquidity, lending support, or future value.

  • 10 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Is a TLD? Choose the Right Ending for Your Domain Name

What Is a TLD? Choose the Right Ending for Your Domain Name

Learn where a TLD appears, how generic and country-code endings differ, and which registration checks matter before choosing an extension.

  • 6 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Is UDRP? Domain Name Dispute Resolution Explained

What Is UDRP? Domain Name Dispute Resolution Explained

UDRP explained for domain owners and investors: the three elements a complainant must prove, the process and timeline, outcomes, UDRP vs URS vs court, and how to respond.

  • 12 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Why Are .io Domains Expensive? Pricing and Renewal Explained

Why Are .io Domains Expensive? Pricing and Renewal Explained

Learn what contributes to .io registration and renewal prices, how premium names differ, and what to compare across registrars.

  • 9 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
How to Sell a Domain Name You Own: A Practical Checklist

How to Sell a Domain Name You Own: A Practical Checklist

A practical, seller-first checklist for pricing a domain, finding likely buyers, handling outreach, avoiding scams, and closing the transfer safely.

  • 18 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Namefi vs Doma/D3 vs 3DNS vs GBM: Choosing a Domain Tokenization Platform

Namefi vs Doma/D3 vs 3DNS vs GBM: Choosing a Domain Tokenization Platform

An honest, side-by-side look at the major domain tokenization platforms — what each one is actually good at, where they overlap, where they don't, and how to pick the one that fits how you intend to use your domains.

  • 8 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
DNS Still Works: Nameservers, Email, and DNSSEC on a Tokenized Domain

DNS Still Works: Nameservers, Email, and DNSSEC on a Tokenized Domain

A practical look at how regular DNS — nameservers, A/AAAA, MX, TXT, DNSSEC, CAA — keeps working after you tokenize an ICANN domain. What changes, what doesn't, and where to point your existing DNS provider.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Famous Domain Industry Media: News Sites, Sales Reports, and Podcasts Worth Following

Famous Domain Industry Media: News Sites, Sales Reports, and Podcasts Worth Following

A guide to the news outlets, sales-data sites, and podcasts that cover the domain name industry as journalism — DomainNameWire, DNJournal, TheDomains, NameBio, DomainSherpa, CircleID, and more.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Famous Domainer Blogs, Substacks, and Newsletters: Who to Read in 2026

Famous Domainer Blogs, Substacks, and Newsletters: Who to Read in 2026

A curated list of the individual domainers, brokers, and traders whose blogs, newsletters, and Substacks are worth reading in 2026 — what each one is known for, and how they fit together.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
How to Tokenize Your .com: A Step-by-Step Guide (2026)

How to Tokenize Your .com: A Step-by-Step Guide (2026)

A practical walkthrough of Namefi's current import flow: EPP auth code, cart, checkout, registrar transfer, and automatic NFT minting.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
From Listing to Settlement: How Tokenized Marketplaces Can Replace Escrow

From Listing to Settlement: How Tokenized Marketplaces Can Replace Escrow

How tokenized-domain marketplaces can settle payment and an NFT atomically, while registrar claims, record updates, fees, and platform-specific risks may remain.

  • 10 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Recovering a Tokenized Domain After Wallet Loss: A Survival Guide

Recovering a Tokenized Domain After Wallet Loss: A Survival Guide

What actually happens if you lose access to the wallet that holds your tokenized domain — and the operational steps to reduce the chance of getting there in the first place. Backups, multisig, hardware wallets, social recovery, and the limits of what any platform can do.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Tax and Accounting Questions for Tokenized Domains (Things to Discuss with Your Professional)

Tax and Accounting Questions for Tokenized Domains (Things to Discuss with Your Professional)

A non-advice, plain-language survey of the tax and accounting questions tokenized domain owners commonly ask — cost basis, sales, holding period, business vs personal, gifting, estates. Bring these questions to a real professional.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Use Cases for Tokenized Domains in 2026: Lending, Leasing, Fractional, AI Agents

Use Cases for Tokenized Domains in 2026: Lending, Leasing, Fractional, AI Agents

A platform-neutral tour of what tokenized domains are actually being used for in 2026 — DeFi lending, leasing, fractional ownership, AI agent identity, and the use cases that haven't quite landed yet.

  • 9 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Tokenized Domain vs Web3 Domain (ENS, .crypto): What's the Difference?

Tokenized Domain vs Web3 Domain (ENS, .crypto): What's the Difference?

A clear, practical comparison of tokenized ICANN domains (like a tokenized .com) and Web3-native names (like name.eth, name.crypto). When does each one work? Where do they overlap? Why do many people hold both?

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Top Domain Trader Forums in English: Where Domainers Actually Talk in 2026

Top Domain Trader Forums in English: Where Domainers Actually Talk in 2026

A practical guide to active English-language domain-investing forums and other public channels in 2026, with dead forum listings removed.

  • 5 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Are Tokenized Domains? Domain Tokenization Explained

What Are Tokenized Domains? Domain Tokenization Explained

Tokenized domains explained in plain language. Learn what a tokenized domain is, how to tokenize a domain, how domain tokenization works, and how tokenized domain ownership differs from traditional domains and Web3 names like ENS.

  • 14 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Perfect vs Computational Zero-Knowledge: What the Distinction Actually Means

Perfect vs Computational Zero-Knowledge: What the Distinction Actually Means

Zero-knowledge protocols can provide perfect, statistical, or computational privacy. This guide explains those definitions, why proof-system families do not have one universal flavor, and how privacy differs from soundness and post-quantum security.

  • 8 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Hijacking vs DNS Hijacking: How Attacks Happen

Domain Hijacking vs DNS Hijacking: How Attacks Happen

Understand how domain and DNS hijacking happen, where control can be lost, and which protections address the common attack paths.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Do Multisig Wallets Actually Improve Security? A Threat-Model View

Do Multisig Wallets Actually Improve Security? A Threat-Model View

Multisignature wallets are widely treated as the default secure custody pattern in crypto, but the answer to "do they actually improve security?" depends entirely on the threat model. This post walks through what multisig defeats, what it does not, and where it can make things worse.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
DNS over HTTPS vs Enterprise Split-Horizon DNS: A Standoff That Will Not Resolve Itself

DNS over HTTPS vs Enterprise Split-Horizon DNS: A Standoff That Will Not Resolve Itself

DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protects user privacy by encrypting DNS queries inside HTTPS. Enterprise split-horizon DNS relies on the network being able to see those queries. The collision between the two is reshaping how corporate networks, browsers, and operating systems handle name resolution.

  • 11 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
ccTLD Market Share by Registration Volume: Who Actually Runs the National Namespace?

ccTLD Market Share by Registration Volume: Who Actually Runs the National Namespace?

A look at which country-code top-level domains command the largest share of registrations worldwide, why the leaders differ from what most people expect, and what the volume numbers tell us about how the internet is actually used.

  • 7 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Introducing Route402 — an x402 facilitator router

Introducing Route402 — an x402 facilitator router

A multi-tenant router that lets you integrate x402 once and route requests by policy and facilitator capability, without pushing routing logic into your app.

  • 3 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Google Unveils ‘Universal Commerce Protocol’ to Power the Next Generation of AI Shopping Agents

Google Unveils ‘Universal Commerce Protocol’ to Power the Next Generation of AI Shopping Agents

UCP is an open-source commerce standard for connecting AI shopping surfaces with merchants and payment providers.

  • 2 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
What Are Stablecoins? Types, How They Work, and Risks

What Are Stablecoins? Types, How They Work, and Risks

Learn how stablecoins aim to track a reference asset, compare fiat-backed, crypto-backed, and algorithmic designs, and understand their risks.

  • 7 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Building for People, Not Wallets: Lessons on Usability from Henri Stern of Privy

Building for People, Not Wallets: Lessons on Usability from Henri Stern of Privy

A conversation-driven exploration of Henri Stern’s journey building Privy, focusing on usability, customer-led product development, and the shift from crypto complexity to human-centered design.

  • 5 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Behind the Scenes of the Oct 20, 2025 AWS Outage

Behind the Scenes of the Oct 20, 2025 AWS Outage

A registrar/DNS‑operations perspective on the October 20, 2025 AWS incident, how DNS actually works, why this failure propagated so widely, and what resilient internet teams can do about it.

  • 6 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
What Are xStocks? How Tokenized Stocks Work and Their Risks

What Are xStocks? How Tokenized Stocks Work and Their Risks

Understand what xStocks are, how they work, how they differ from owning shares, and the custody, trading, and eligibility risks to check.

  • 9 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Why Tokenize Domains On-Chain? Isn't That Redundant?

Why Tokenize Domains On-Chain? Isn't That Redundant?

This article explains why traditional domains can add an on-chain token-control layer, including its interoperability benefits and the registration and legal limits that remain.

  • 8 min read
  • By Aileen Wright
Complete Domain Name Terminology Guide - Essential Terms for Domain Investors

Complete Domain Name Terminology Guide - Essential Terms for Domain Investors

Learn domain terminology, including domain names, URLs, hostnames and the domain name space, plus essential domain investing terms.

  • 9 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
Domain Names Explained: Find a Name You Can Actually Use

Domain Names Explained: Find a Name You Can Actually Use

Understand domain names and URLs, check an available name through a registrar, and plan registration, DNS, hosting, and renewal as separate tasks.

  • 6 min read
  • By Fenwei Bian
The Manifesto of Digital Trust

The Manifesto of Digital Trust

A vision statement of D3Serve — why digitizing trust, much like the digitization of information before it, promises a leap in productivity, loss-less precision, lower cost, and automation.

  • 5 min read
  • By Victor Zhou