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koolba04/03/20252 repliesview on HN

Why hasn’t anyone made a TLD with infinite expiration?

The price should just be the present value of the annual fee cash flows.


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easygenes04/03/2025

Hate to say, but might actually be a legitimate use case for blockchain here. Identity provider which is responsible for being a source of truth on aliveness tied to a smart contract for paying annual registrar fees.

Though the traditional way would just be finding a registrar which can direct debit (e.g. CSC Global or MarkMonitor) or setting up a trust account for someone to manage it for you. Or just power of attorney plus escrowed account.

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pyrolistical04/03/2025

I don’t get it, example?

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