The DNS system is so contrived that it funds a large chunk of the economies of Anguilla and Tuvalu.
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Contrived?
What word would you use?
Idk, I use DNS 😂
Run my own name server for my website. But to you mean the system is confusing or what?
> contrived: having an unnatural or false appearance or quality
In this case, ICANN's allocation of TLD using country codes generates these ridiculous scenarios where arbitrary countries with "lucky" TLD like .ai and .tv can just grift on fees.
.IO is the best! :-D
Zero permanent population : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
I guess that comes with nation states operating name servers for a zone they purchased.
Namecoin makes sense. From my reading I understand you can buy dot-bit domains.
I was going to say I'm amazed it's as small as 10%, but then I read in the comments that they do offshore banking. 'Nuff said.
