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Came across this book in a thrift store. It's from 1998. My first thought was the author must've made some domain owner verrry happy with that title. Turns out the author herself was forward thinking enough to secure the domain, then name her book after it. Site is still active.

@DomainDanHQ Very un-Dude

@TopShelfNames Not cool ! 😎

Wow, premium .co now renewing at the premium price? I don't recall it always being that way. Wonder when this started.

@TonyNames ... unless older purchases were grandfathered in.

@TonyNames That's a shame. I imagine it upset a lot of end users too. This type of mid-stream alteration can harm the reputation and viability of a namespace, imo. I recall something similar with .tv years ago. Let's hope not though.

❗️Some people are calling this very embarrassing: the FBI seized 'the wrong' domain during a proxy network takedown. The FBI seized netnut[.]com, but the Internet Archive doesn't show any proxy network website ever having been hosted there. The real domain, netnut[.]io, does. We've asked our contacts, and they tell us the takedown is ongoing and the dot com domain is a legit takedown. The dot io should follow shortly, as it lags behind.

@doronvermaat Very, very nice.

Acquired Compute.io

@realhumansfirst Well said.

“Well, you ought to be able to build a data center on your land if you want to, because that’s your private property rights. But you ought not be able to operate it in any way that impairs the private property rights of your neighbor. The noise that comes from that data center ought not leave the land. The light that comes from that data center ought not leave the land. The vibrations from that data center ought not leave the land. We should empower our counties to make sure that that happens.” — Texas State Representative Cody Vasut (HD25) Property rights don’t stop at the property line. As AI data centers spread across the country, more communities are asking the same question: Who protects the people living next door? When industrial-scale development brings constant noise, bright lights, soaring energy demand, tax incentives for billion-dollar corporations, and decisions made without meaningful local input, the impacts don’t stay behind the fence. 📅 On July 18, people across America will come together for the AI Data Center National Day of Protest. We’re calling on elected leaders to put communities first—not special interests. Protect local residents. End taxpayer-funded giveaways to Big Tech. Increase transparency. Strengthen accountability. Make sure the people affected have a real voice before these projects move forward. This conversation is bigger than one town or one state. It’s about who gets a say in the future of our communities.

Dropcatch appears to have missed 100% of my backorders today. Anyone else? First time I've seen this.

@OnlineDNShop @atomHQ Noice!! Congrats!

sold last month at @atomHQ It was co-owned by me and one partner. hold time: 13 months acquired for mid 4 figs #domain #domains #domainSales #domainsale

@_whitneywebb POLicY analysis MARKET ... clever

We've been quiet recently because Mark Goodwin and I have been working to write the most comprehensive investigation into Polymarket's origins and ambitions to date. We found that Polymarket's "official" origin story, that Shayne Coplan founded the company alone in 2020 and then built "the company in his bathroom", is a lie. Polymarket really started years earlier as another company called TokenBnk that was deeply tied to Israeli interests, specifically a crypto company founded by Benjamin Netanyahu's niece and nephew. Coplan has actively tried to obfuscate this company from his story and it's not the only thing either. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we unravel the real history of Polymarket, directly connecting the company to Peter Thiel's efforts to resurrect controversial DARPA programs from its now defunct Information Awareness Office. Polymarket appears to have been chosen by Thiel and his associates to succeed in resurrecting DARPA's Policy Analysis Market where another Thiel-linked company, Augur, had previously failed. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we explore the current influence of prediction markets and Polymarket, including how an insidious effort to have prediction markets replace representative democracy as a governance model is already being slowly implemented by the White House. Read Part 1 here: unlimitedhangout.com/2026/06/invest…

@DavidSustiel @atomHQ All my sales so far have been ccTLDs that I had pointed there (sapphire or premium), plus one .com bought by an investor.

Listing domains on @atomHQ WITHOUT using their name servers / landers worth the time?

@NameBio @domainpro Sharing sales directly to NameBio doesn't bring about any clout though, since if it's a marketplace sale which majority are, it lists the venue not the seller. Sharing sales on social media is mostly for clout.

I doubt many people get good at domain investing only from trial and error, without learning about the sales of others. So it’s a way to give back. Our sister company has shared thousands of sales with NameBio. I don’t recall it ever coming back to bite us once. Maybe if you discovered a new niche and you’re still trying to secure your bag. But that’s a rare, once or twice in a lifetime kind of thing, if ever. For 99% of sales it simply doesn’t apply. When I hear people hesitant to give away alpha it reminds me of entrepreneurs who come up with a business idea and are terrified someone is going to steal it, want NDAs to even talk about it, etc. I just roll my eyes. As with almost anything in business, it almost all comes down to execution. If someone knowing about a sale you made will harm your business, you’re already cooked. Sure, I’m a little biased, but I’m also not wrong 🙃

If you’re good at domain investing then sharing your sales and acquisitions is mostly for clout. For the most part it’s a bad business decision with very little upside.

@Sedo @namejet That means the likelihood those names are being pitched to end users right now, is extremely high. Most have prices of $24,999.

Just saw today's "Domains you ordered are now available for purchase at NameJet" and it's 8 domains that dropped yesterday & are still @ auction on DropCatch. My guess is some low-life trying to front run. The names are listed for sale on @Sedo & @Namejet.

Using an old GD .csv export from July '25, I analyzed how many names sold in the past year from that set had zero to one 365-day searches & it amounted to > 25% of sales. A small-ish data set, but still significant.

@MichaelCyger Bob Wallet is good for self-custody. Be sure to transfer names prior to transferring all your $HNS otherwise you won't be able to, since it's used for gas. Likelihood of their having any value from here is slim imo. No real adoption or aftermarket, now unwinding infrastructure.

Did anyone else get this email from Namebase? I have 307 SLDs. Are these "unstaked names"? I need to transfer them otherwise i lose them? Is it worthwhile to do, or are Handshake SLDs worthless so it's a waste of time? Serious inquiry. I have not spent any time on HNS recently.

@domain @atomHQ Congrats, and very nice. Do you know if enabling the rental option disables the LTO option on the lander? Or does a potential buyer see both options?

My 1st Rental Agreement with @atomHQ - Buyer has the option to buy at any point while I retain the ownership. Interested to see how these rentals work out.

@DavidSustiel HouseRehab.com if not too broad

Looking for a domain name in the Home Service niche. Roofing, Plumbing, Moving, HVAC..... Must be .com! Must be 1-2 words! Must be exact match no brandables. Please list below or DM THANK YOU! 🙏

@domainretail It's also a tad bothersome that when you click through the pages there's no << or >> options to go directly to end or beginning. More of a hassle now to analyze company names there.

@TopShelfNames Yeah looks like they removed it

I just noticed a LinkedIn company name search no longer displays the total number of results. Anyone else seeing that too?