Domain Incite Blockchain crisis looming for new gTLD next round

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New gTLD applicants could face more of a threat from blockchain-based alternative naming systems next year than perhaps they first thought. ICANN is coming under pressure to give additional rights to the owners of top-level strings that act like TLDs on blockchains, potentially adding friction — and six figures of extra costs — to applications […]

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