Shortly after last year’s first Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Workshop in London, UK; ENS Working Group lead Nick Johnson released an implementation of ENS integration for the ropsten test network. Since then, the ENS WG has been working with the .XYZ registry and easyDNS to implement live ENS integration for .XYZ domains on the Ethereum […]
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Censorship, Cyberwar and Surveillance Will Lead to a Global Net-Split
I used to say in a very offhanded way that if the global governance and due process issues continued unaddressed, or the affronts to multi-national sovereignty got worse then the logical outcome, eventually, would be a “net-split”. A Net-split from the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) parlance is when a cohesive network – like the internet – splits off […]
Have A Mission, Not A Mission Statement
(Post #2 in the Punch Above Your Weight Series) The 800lb Gorilla in your space has a Mission Statement. Possibly complimented by a Vision Statement and maybe even a Values/Ethics Statement for good measure. These were either outsourced to a consulting firm or dreamed up in a series of team-building workshops. They encapsulate values of […]
There Are Two Types of Businesses…
I reread yesterday’s post. It seemed a bit of a suckfest. Sure it’s all true. So what do you do about it? A couple years ago I started writing a book, working title, Punch Above Your Weight: How To Survive & Thrive Going Toe-to-Toe Against the 800lb Gorilla In Your Space. I got a fair […]
The Domainer Life Comix: Episode #1 – The “Domain Parked” Page
What is your registrar doing with your parked domains? Well if we’re your registrar, we’re just parking them. Optionally, we enable you to customize your parked pages in a variety of handy ways. But if we’re not your registrar, who knows? Most other registrars monetize their own customers’ parked domains by running pay-per-click ads on […]
