The Weakness in Lending Against Domain Names
sean3.eth Back in 2023 I experimented with making small loans against web3 wallet addresses/usernames ending in .eth. The theory went that people valued their ethereum-based (ENS) names enough that they wouldn't…
Turning Domain Names into ENS Names on Various Registrars
Now that GoDaddy has formally made it free and easy to turn DNS domains into ENS names, I looked at what it was like to do it on other registrars.…
Testing The Compatibility of DNS Imported Names into ENS
With all of the recent buzz surrounding the ability to gaslessly import DNS domains names into ENS as a crypto wallet, I noticed that the rest of the industry that…
Turn Your .ai Domain Name into a Crypto Wallet Name
Got an .ai domain name? Congratulations! It may be worth even more than you think once you consider that it can also be used as a crypto wallet name in…
DNSSEC Does in Fact Work on .ai and .ar Domains
Don't listen to what anything on the internet tells you about .ai and .ar top level domains not being compatible with DNSSEC. They actually are and they each use the…
How to Turn a Domain Name on GoDaddy or Namecheap into a Working ENS Name (For Free)
Wouldn't it be cool if your website address was also a crypto wallet name? Thanks to technology introduced by the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), it not only can be, but…
I Had a Domain on Namecheap. Now it’s an NFT
The domain name eth.pics wasn't doing much except for sitting on Namecheap after I acquired it via Dan.com in July 2022. I bought it to complement my eth.photos project which…
I Bought a Domain Name on OpenSea
I bought a domain name on OpenSea and I'm not talking about a "web3 domain." The domain name, 2024.finance, uses the ICANN-approved .finance .gTLD. It's a real live web2 domain.…