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May 16, 2015, 06:37:12 PM |
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I'm just curious, why is nobody uses this domain --> bitcoin.com |
faucet used to be profitable |
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HI-TEC99
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May 16, 2015, 06:42:41 PM |
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A who.is lookup says Roger Ver owns it, although I don't know why he doesn't use it. https://who.is/whois/https://bitcoin.comDomain Name: BITCOIN.COM Registry Domain ID: 1371058558_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com Registrar URL: www.enom.com Updated Date: 2014-05-28T09:14:14.00Z Creation Date: 2008-01-04T14:15:00.00Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-01-04T14:15:00.00Z Registrar: ENOM, INC. Registrar IANA ID: 48 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Email Masking Image@enom.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252982646 Reseller: NAMECHEAP.COM Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: ROGER VER Registrant Organization: WWW.MEMORYDEALERS.COM |
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unamis76
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May 16, 2015, 06:45:54 PM |
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Probably no use for it?  They've got to use it for something big... |
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moni3z
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May 17, 2015, 12:44:28 AM |
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domain squatting probably wanting to lease it to somebody for enormous $
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May 17, 2015, 02:31:28 AM |
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domain squatting probably wanting to lease it to somebody for enormous $
Still, while he is waiting he could do a revenue sharing agreement where someone else builds the website and they share the income. This is like letting a nice house sit vacant while trying to sell it, instead of having renters in there.  |
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May 17, 2015, 02:36:58 AM |
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domain squatting probably wanting to lease it to somebody for enormous $
Still, while he is waiting he could do a revenue sharing agreement where someone else builds the website and they share the income. This is like letting a nice house sit vacant while trying to sell it, instead of having renters in there. Some people are rich enough that they do as they please. Maybe he doesn't want this domain to be used and he is rich enough or doesn't care about the money he can gain from it. |
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celestio
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May 17, 2015, 02:56:03 AM |
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That's weird, there was a website on there for the longest time.
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"The nature of Bitcoin is such that once version 0.1 was released, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime" - Satoshi Nakamoto, June 17, 2010
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moni3z
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May 17, 2015, 02:56:36 AM |
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domain squatting probably wanting to lease it to somebody for enormous $
Still, while he is waiting he could do a revenue sharing agreement where someone else builds the website and they share the income. This is like letting a nice house sit vacant while trying to sell it, instead of having renters in there. Apparently Blockchain owns it http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/17/blockchain-buys-bitcoin-com-domain-name/ weird they do nothing with it Edit: they merely leased it for 5 years from whoever orig owns it, I assume Roger Ver. |
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May 17, 2015, 03:19:27 AM |
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Maybe he would consider redirecting it to bitcoin.org while the domain is not in use?
That would seem to be more beneficial to the currency than a dead domain.
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May 17, 2015, 03:38:09 AM |
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I guess he just wait the right time to use it, or just want to sell someone who need it with a good price.
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May 17, 2015, 08:53:55 AM |
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Whats the sense to buy that domain and dont use it?, just waiting to made some real&huge profit with it in a near future? dunno. Maybe he would consider redirecting it to bitcoin.org while the domain is not in use?
That would seem to be more beneficial to the currency than a dead domain.
agree with you 100%, if he love this community and the BTC world he should do something about it,also doing something with it is like helping to himselft ( if his purpose is to sold it later ) so i cant understand why the domain is not used atm. |
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May 17, 2015, 09:03:52 AM |
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it was originally bought simply to preserve the bitcoin community and to stop scammers buying up the name and placing fake information on it or trying to extort the community.
imagine if the bank of england/bank of america bought it instead of a bitcoin community member.. imagine the propaganda the banks would write on the website to talk people out of investing in bitcoin. highlighting things like volatility and darkweb usage, etc.
im glad the majority of main bitcoin branding is in the hands of the community members
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May 17, 2015, 09:14:53 AM
Last edit: December 26, 2015, 12:23:47 AM by HI-TEC99 |
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it was originally bought simply to preserve the bitcoin community and to stop scammers buying up the name and placing fake information on it or trying to extort the community.
imagine if the bank of england/bank of america bought it instead of a bitcoin community member.. imagine the propaganda the banks would write on the website to talk people out of investing in bitcoin. highlighting things like volatility and darkweb usage, etc.
im glad the majority of main bitcoin branding is in the hands of the community members
Has he bought all the other similar names like bitcoin.org and bitcoin.co.[insert country here]? There are surprisingly few misinformation sites at the top of the search results for those sorts of names, so they must be in safe hands. |
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May 17, 2015, 09:23:14 AM |
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If Amazon, the final frontier, ever accepts BTC and converts 0% of it to fiat (instead, paying BTC to all who previously got paid fiat), I'd probably point bitcoin.com there (or have a geo redirect so if you're in the UK you get sent from bitcoin.com to amazon.co.uk instead of amazon.com - unless amazon.com itself already redirects like that).
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Saying that you don't trust someone because of their behavior is completely valid.
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May 17, 2015, 09:23:32 AM |
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bitcoin.com is not necessary to use it, why we need to use that domain when everything working perfect as we are growing as nice community, i dont think that domain can help to skyrocket the growth so discussion about this is just feed the trolls.
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May 17, 2015, 09:35:14 AM |
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it was originally bought simply to preserve the bitcoin community and to stop scammers buying up the name and placing fake information on it or trying to extort the community.
imagine if the bank of england/bank of america bought it instead of a bitcoin community member.. imagine the propaganda the banks would write on the website to talk people out of investing in bitcoin. highlighting things like volatility and darkweb usage, etc.
im glad the majority of main bitcoin branding is in the hands of the community members
Do you have any sources where I can read on this ? Bad thing about it is that the domain is sitting like a useless domain there and if he decided to sell it , the price will be very high . Anyway the domain of btc.com is in the hand of the liar Josh Garza that claimed to purchase it over 1 million USD |
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May 17, 2015, 10:29:20 AM |
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The first thing that came to my mind is how much money the guy would have made if he decided to monetize the site. I mean, the list are endless like marketplace, trading site, exchanger or even a wiki page with ads on it. But never mind, at least I'm glad that it didn't fall into the hands of a person who would misuse it.
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May 17, 2015, 11:07:20 AM |
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A who.is lookup says Roger Ver owns it, although I don't know why he doesn't use it. https://who.is/whois/https://bitcoin.comDomain Name: BITCOIN.COM Registry Domain ID: 1371058558_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com Registrar URL: www.enom.com lets ask him: Roger - why  ? you could do a simple website for education purpose. |
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May 17, 2015, 11:23:53 AM |
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I'm just curious, why is nobody uses this domain --> bitcoin.comi thought i have visited this website before and something like a bitcoin tutorial was displayed there |
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