Скупил уже 9% подарков 1991 - First Website
https://t.me/domainer/c/1

Всего существует ~1316 таких подарков и 10 000 доменов с комбинацией из 4 цифр.

На сегодня порядка 150k доменов .ton сминчено и 53k владельцев.
Для ориентира в .eth 3,89 млн доменов и 833k владельцев - https://opensea.io/collection/ens
В мире же общее число Web2 доменов приближается к 400 миллионам, с явным лидерством зоны .COM (более 158 млн).

Why should Web3 domains be free? 🌐

Let’s look at why domain renewal fees exist in the first place. This process was introduced in 1985, when the first domain, symbolics.com, was registered. 📅

Why do domain renewal fees exist? 💸

Managing the domain name system requires a complex technical infrastructure, including:
1. 🖥 Servers
2. 🏢 Data centers
3. 🛠 Network equipment and software
4. 🏢 Registrar offices
5. 💼 Employee salaries
6. 💳 Payment processors or gateways

Renewal fees help cover the costs of maintaining and upgrading this infrastructure. On top of that, they generate profit for everyone involved in the chain. 📈

But what about Web3 domains? 🤔

Let’s go through the same points in the context of Web3 domains:

1️⃣ Servers: We don’t need servers, because information about Web3 domains is stored in a smart contract rather than on centralized servers. We already pay a network fee, so charging extra for domain storage is unnecessary.
2️⃣ Data centers: We don’t need data centers, since we don’t have servers.
3️⃣ Network equipment and software: We have a smart contract that replaces the need for software and network equipment.
4️⃣ Registrar offices: They simply don’t exist in Web3. We eliminate intermediaries, just as we don’t need banks to send or store cryptocurrencies.
5️⃣ Employee salaries: There are no employees — all processes, including registration, renewal, transfer, and deletion of domains, are handled by the smart contract.
6️⃣ Payment processors or gateways: You send a transaction directly to the smart contract and register a domain yourself, so payment infrastructure and gateways are not needed.

The biggest scam in Web3 domains is ENS (Ethereum Name Service). Not only are you charged renewal fees, but you’re also told that they are necessary. 🤥 Look at the HNS (Handshake) blockchain, where there are no renewal fees: you only need to send a transaction once every two years to confirm that you still own the domain. 🕒

If someone claims that fees are needed to release domains after they expire, that’s a lie. 🚫 Blockchain was created to decentralize and eliminate intermediaries. We don’t need registration fees, offices, employees, or data centers to maintain a domain zone registry. We have the blockchain, smart contracts, and validators. 🔗✨

ENS turned .eth domains into its business and stole your Web3 freedom. You don’t own .eth domains — you rent them. The community asks to reduce prices for three- and four-character domains, but decisions are made by a single person (Nick), and no one can change anything. Is this a DAO? Is this decentralization? 🤷‍♂️

How could it be instead?
1. Domains would go through an auction where anyone could buy them.
2. The Ethereum received from auction winners would be burned, reducing the circulating supply of ETH.
3. Changes and decisions would be voted on by regular Ethereum validators (not the ENS DAO), who have no personal financial interest in extracting profit from the protocol or the community.
4. The smart contract would be maintained by regular Ethereum developers.
5. No renewal fees — only an annual confirmation that you still have access to the domain.

Isn’t this what a public good should look like?

Good examples of decentralized blockchain-based domain registries:
• HNS ✅
• TON ✅

How it should not be:
• ENS ❌
• UD ❌

Conclusion:
Web3 domains should be free, because managing them does not require the costs that exist in the traditional domain name system.

Мы верим, что TON — это интернет следующего поколения.

Цель разработчиков — объединить все существующие блокчейны в новую единую сеть и превратить экосистему TON в настоящий Web 3.0-интернет с децентрализованным хранилищем, анонимной сетью, мгновенными платежами и привычными удобными сервисами.

https://t.me/toncoin_rus/8

https://ton.org/whitepaper.pdf