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Redemption Period (RGP)

A post-expiration window where a lapsed domain can be recovered, usually for a steep redemption fee.

FBFenwei BianAuthorVZVictor ZhouEditorJune 22, 2026
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The redemption period (formally the Redemption Grace Period, RGP) is a roughly 30-day window after a domain has fully lapsed — past its grace period — during which the original registrant can still recover it, but only by paying a steep redemption fee on top of the renewal cost. During RGP the name is removed from the zone (the site goes dark) but not yet released. If it is not redeemed, the domain moves to pending delete and then drops. The redemption period is a registry-level safety net in the traditional system; the lesson for any valuable name — tokenized or not — is to renew well before expiration.

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Fenwei Bian

Software Developer & Writer • Namefi
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Fenwei Bian is a software developer in her thirties who spends her working hours in pull requests and her weekends with her hands in soil or sawdust. Years of open source on GitHub taught her that names are interfaces: a good one is clear, honest about what it does, and kind to whoever has to use it next.

She gardens because it rewards patience and punishes wishful thinking, and she does woodwork because a joint either fits or it doesn't. Both habits show up in how she writes about naming — measure twice, check the source, and don't sand over a rough spot and hope no one notices.

For Namefi she writes about how domain markets actually move, the practical trade-offs of tokenizing and flipping names, and picking a domain you'll still be glad you own in twenty years.

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Victor Zhou

Founder & Standards Editor • Namefi
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Victor Zhou is a technology founder and standards editor focused on digital identity and trust. He founded Namefi, edits Ethereum Improvement Proposals, and previously led smart-contract architecture work at Google Labs.

His work sits at the intersection of naming, ownership, and the systems people use to establish identity online. That perspective makes him especially interested in the way names move between personal meaning, public recognition, and digital infrastructure.

For Namefi, Victor edits and writes about domains as durable digital identity: how names become ownable onchain assets, how tokenization changes custody and trust, and what naming can learn from the systems people use to establish identity online.

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