New gTLD: .bitcoin

[bitjoint]

Hi folks, I suppose you have heard about the new gTLD's that are coming reaaally soon to market:

.health
.media
.berlin
.barcelona
.blog
.games
.stars
.cucumber
.foobar
.dot
.WHATEVER
etc etc etc
...

I was reading about them the other day and it got me thinking: "Do the bitcoin foundation know about this?". Should the bitcoin community apply ASAP...

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/corner


...for the best domain ever, the one we all deserve as a community... .bitcoin 

Thoughts?

[ronimacarroni]

you can get a .bit domain name with namecoins

[bitjoint]

you can get a .bit domain name with namecoins

Then why are all the bitcoin entities (coinbase, bitinstant, mtgox, tradehill, bitcoin foundation, bitcointalk, etc) using ICANN's gTLDs?

 

[franky1]

you can get a .bit domain name with namecoins

Then why are all the bitcoin entities (coinbase, bitinstant, mtgox, tradehill, bitcoin foundation, bitcointalk, etc) using ICANN's gTLDs?

 

because the .bit doesn't use standard DNS service that all web-browsers go through. so unless you have changed a few settings in your web browser, you wont easily get to a .bit address.

and trying to get potential millions of customers to change settings just to visit your site, is a headache for them. so unless you sell someone unique, customers wont visit a .bit website.

[bitjoint]

Your irony detector didn't work bro...

Yes I know how namecoin works... And I agree with you that here the point is that .bitcoin gTLDs could be great for 99.99% of the people who is not as tech savvy as many are on this forums. That's the point of using gTLDs and the reason why .bitcoin could unleash a lot of cool websites ready for mainstream.

[gweedo]

gTLD are just a marketing thing. They will not last, and I probably lose a bit of respect for the companies that take on the .bitcoin gTLD.

Also the foundation should work on this before Mark takes it over, like he did for the trademark on the word bitcoins, which should be given to the foundation but I doubt it.

[empoweoqwj]

Hi folks, I suppose you have heard about the new gTLD's that are coming reaaally soon to market:

.health
.media
.berlin
.barcelona
.blog
.games
.stars
.cucumber
.foobar
.dot
.WHATEVER
etc etc etc
...

I was reading about them the other day and it got me thinking: "Do the bitcoin foundation know about this?". Should the bitcoin community apply ASAP...

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/corner


...for the best domain ever, the one we all deserve as a community... .bitcoin 

Thoughts?

Its *way* too late to apply for a new gTLD. These applications were prepared two years ago. A new round of applications is a few years away, if ever .......

[favdesu]

also, all new tlds are like altcoins. utter shit.