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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsOct 18, 2026
No .eth but several other ethereal string applications
Two unofficial bids for .ether and plans for Ethereum, Tether and Solana.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsOct 13, 2026
WordPress parent's problematic plans for .php (pending primary-string payoff)
Potential protest opportunity for PHP non-profit perhaps?
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsOct 11, 2026
Resistance to termination of .name 3LDs continues
Several more names submit requests for ICANN to reconsider.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsOct 10, 2026
Looking back at the cancelled .fur bid
Group separate to FurNIC and dotFurry planned their own ICANN application.
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BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINS
BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINSOct 6, 2026
Scotland rebrands to Sqotland to accommodate .sq domain
Change follows failed attempt to take control of Seychelles' .sc domain.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsOct 5, 2026
Bluesky reveals .bsky application
The social network hopes to eventually offer *.bsky usernames.
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BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINS
BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINSOct 3, 2026
Scotland invades Seychelles to take control of .sc ahead of indyref2
Lack of a suitable 2-letter ISO 3166 country code the last stumbling block for Scottish independence.
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BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINS
BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINSOct 2, 2026
Bluesky adds support for .onion usernames
Social network's unique domain-based usernames get an upgrade for Tor webmasters.
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BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINS
BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINSOct 1, 2026
Identity Digital applies for over 500,000 new gTLDs
Registry throws the dictionary at the 2026 round of the new gTLD program.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 30, 2026
2026 new gTLDs Reveal Day date finally revealed
ICANN will publish all applications' primary and replacement strings on 07 October.
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BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINS
BOTTOM-LEVEL DOMAINSSep 30, 2026
BBC moves to .eth domain to attract younger audience
Beeb's bold blockchain rebrand brings brand-new bros but bafflement of broadcaster's bygone user base beckons.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 23, 2026
ICANN finally reveals when date for Reveal Day might be revealed
Still no confirmation of exactly when it will be revealed before 14 October.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 20, 2026
HCCF plans antidote to scourge of .ai domains with application for .self
Campaign announced to "secure a new TLD dedicated entirely to ethical, human-centered technology".
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 14, 2026
What will happen to the domain name domain.name?
Verisign's plan to terminate .name 3LDs would free up highly desirable domain name.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 12, 2026
Microsoft to finally put its head in the clouds with move to .microsoft domain
World's biggest malware vendor aims to inflict maximum confusion on its victims with new cloud.microsoft domains.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 8, 2026
With .eth ruled out, how would ENS use the .ens gTLD?
Ethereum Name Service uses the .eth for its onchain service but the string is reserved in the ICANN root.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 7, 2026
dotFurry campaign confirms .furry application submitted to ICANN
The furry community is one step closer to a dedicated TLD that is fully accessible.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 4, 2026
VeriSign says, "not in your.name"
ICANN approves proposal to blow away 25 years' worth of *.*.name domains.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 3, 2026
Brave not brave enough for .brave as Unstoppable ICANN bid proves stoppable
Unstoppable said Brave decided to not move forward with an ICANN application despite having already sold web3 domains advertised with a web2 future.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 2, 2026
US gov suspends .org domain of Italian anti-fascist hacktivists Autistici/Inventati
Abuse of anti-terror powers highlights international risk of .org TLD being subject to the whims of the Oval Office.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsSep 1, 2026
How would a Telegram TLD work?
Telegram have applied for .gram to wrest control from Montenegro but we don't know exactly how it would look.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsAug 30, 2026
Crowdfunded new gTLD applications
Campaigns for .furry and .meow successfully each raised over the $90k needed to submit their ASP-supported applications.
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roddie digital on domains
roddie digital on domainsAug 30, 2026
Link Freedom Group (LFG) applies for over 300 new gTLDs
Applications have now closed for the opportunity to introduce the first new gTLDs since 2014 and I take a look at LFG's applications.
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Ben Werdmuller
Ben WerdmullerJun 14, 2012
.clusterfuck
Amazon has bid for .book and .author. Google has bid for .app and .love. Microsoft has bid for .docs and .live. American Express has bid for .open. Opening the top-level domain system is a great idea. There are just 22 generic top-level domains right now - .com, .org, .net and so on. (There are 280 country-related TLDs, like .us and .uk.) Because digital real estate has been so limited, the price of valuable words has skyrocketed, and domain name squatting - where a name is registered purely to
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