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Suppafly12/09/20244 repliesview on HN

Do they get rid of TLDs once the country they are assigned to goes away? I assumed they'd sell them to someone or something.


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foobarchu12/09/2024

Nobody really knows. There are only a few precedents, i.e. the old Soviet Union .su tld being kept around, or the 2 letter country code that I can't recall which was reassigned to a new country after the old one went out of existence.

There isn't really a precedent for a tld with as many domains under it as .io, it's a very strong possibility it will be kept around and given to a private entity or even to GB.

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unanimous12/09/2024

They might not have much of a choice but to shut down all .io domains. This video explains a little: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJ6AZsUlpc

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TheEnbyperor12/11/2024

Yes, it will be deleted; see: https://www.iana.org/help/cctld-retirement

loeg12/10/2024

.su is still around.

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