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The domain market was born from the end of a monopoly
Until 1998 one company sold every .com. A government decision split the market in three — and that split is still the map of who to call when your…
Jul 20
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Attila Borcsa
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Two Thousand Words Hold the Namespace. Since 1994.
Jon Postel's 1994 memo on domain delegation is neither law nor standard. Yet, it still decides how over 300 country endings, from .de to .io, live and…
Jul 10
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Attila Borcsa
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Fourteen Years On, the Root Is Expanding Again. The 2012 Round Is the Handbook.
New gTLD applications close 12 Aug 2026. Building on 2012 lessons, new rules tighten controls and support entrants. October’s published list will reveal…
Jul 3
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Attila Borcsa
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June 2026
A Domain Can Be Worth More Than the Company On It — and Easier to Take Than Real Estate.
Voice.com sold for $30M. Yet a domain is merely a registry record—seized by warrant or forged letter, no server touched. The asset is real, but its…
Jun 29
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Attila Borcsa
The Internet Was Patched in One Day. The Flaw Is Still There.
The 2008 patch that saved DNS never fixed it. Eighteen years on, the flaw sits in the protocol — and the real cure is still mostly unused.
Jun 24
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Attila Borcsa
The Domain You Forgot to Renew Wasn't Bought. It Was Caught.
An expired domain doesn't go on sale — it drops on a fixed schedule and is caught instantly. Drop-catchers stockpile accreditations. The firms that…
Jun 16
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Attila Borcsa
Your Link Shortener Lives Under the Law of a Country You've Never Visited.
In 2010 Libya's registry deleted the vb.ly link shortener over content it deemed unlawful. Every domain hack — .ly, .ai, .tv — runs under a law its…
Jun 9
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Attila Borcsa
Your domain name is a question.
Every visit relies on an invisible chain of strangers you don't control. Your reachability is borrowed; at any link your name can fall silent—drowned…
Jun 5
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Attila Borcsa
The World's Most Valuable Domain Wasn't Stolen. It Was Bought at Checkout for $12.
In 2015 a graduate student bought google.com for $12 on Google's own registrar. The control that failed was a renewal, not a firewall.
Jun 2
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Attila Borcsa
May 2026
You Chose an Extension. You Also Chose a Jurisdiction.
You chose a domain extension for its vibe, thinking it was just a name. In reality, you chose whose laws can take it away—a jurisdiction you can never…
May 30
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Attila Borcsa
Data Theft Without a Breach. The Price of a Forgotten Domain.
An expired domain is a massive cybersecurity risk. See how attackers buy abandoned domains to intercept emails and reset passwords without hacking.
May 26
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Attila Borcsa
One Domain Name, a Dozen Legal Systems, One Common Truth
Your domain name sits on the balance sheet and in your estate, reachable by creditors, yet courts disagree on its legal nature — property, contract, a…
May 20
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Attila Borcsa
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