In all seriousness, as someone not well versed in things “domain naming” related can someone explain to me what the issue is.

I know sports, so I will use an analogy to try to display my understanding and if I’m way off could someone fill in the things I may be missing.

Let’s say there is a hockey prospect who is touted to be the next Gretzky and enters the NHL. I am going to pay a premium for his rookie card that is valued somewhere between the risk of his potential and the risk of injury, failure etc. It will be more expensive than a 4th round pick, but I’m willing to take that risk in the hopes that I can sell it for more later.

As a card purchaser I have no bearing on the success of the player. I am not his trainer, teammate, coach, family, wife, children etc. I am simply hoping to cash in on the work of all these other people and the skills they possess. I buy the card in the hopes that the player and all of those that contribute to the success of the player end up doing a bang up job so that the player is successful and my card is worth more?

Is this it?

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I don't think we can compare a rookie card and a domain name. A rookie card can't be altered once it's been printed.

Can a domain name? Nostr.com will always be nostr.com, no?

The content can change.

I was thinking more that the skills of the player = content. Therefore created and nurtured by the community.

Is the issue for same lay in the fact that someone is reaping reward from the work of the community (devs, content creators, infrastructure providers, etc)?

Let me explain another way. Bitcoin.com promotes Shitcoins. The name might say Bitcoin, but the content isn't all about Bitcoin.

And normies looking for information about bitcoin go there and immediately get shilled an app that treats bitcoin as just one of many cryptos, it’s a damn shame.

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Oh, so it’s not about the proceeds of the sale being put back into the community that created the value that was sold for the profit.

It’s more out of concern for the domain being in the wrong hands, or in the hands of someone who may use it to tarnish the community/protocol.