discuss NFTs, Crypto, and other investments not domain related

[Alessandro Couteau]

They've been redirecting for years...

https://web.archive.org/web/20180811064029/http://amazon.xyz/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180601000000*/apple.xyz

Then there's facebook (meta), they're so ready that they don't own meta.xyz...

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They have been redirecting instagram since 2018 as well...

https://web.archive.org/web/20180601000000*/instagram.xyz

To say it's some kind've coordinated push to use .XYZ is a bit of a misnomer.

You could say the same thing about .CO:
amazon.co, apple.co, instagram.co, facebook.co all redirect.

Actually you couldn’t and the reason is .co and .mobi do not have a partnership w/ any blockchain companies to coordinate a means to conduct transactions via crypto-currency

And it seems a lot of you aren’t aware of this, I believe that’s a grave mistake sense we are already seeing these domains being used by collectors and for collectors of NFT art whom can afford to spend $400,000 - $2M USD on a Bored APE NFT - wether it is money laundering or not - The fact is there is an (unseen market) that is appearing and those trading these NFTS are conducting transactions with Ethereum and ETH has a partnership w/ .xyz / probably one of the few smart moves on behalf of Daniel Negari

 

[MadAboutDomains]

It seems to me that the grave mistake that people make when they think some domain name extension is going to go statospheric is that it's entirely niche.

Most people couldn't care about NFT or web3 and nobody knows what DAO or DOA is or whatever it is. That's a big problem for a domain name extension.

Blockchain is getting boring too.

I hope I'm wrong though, cause you lot clearly have skin in the game and I do not.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

It seems to me that the grave mistake that people make when they think some domain name extension is going to go statospheric is that it's entirely niche.

Most people couldn't care about NFT or web3 and nobody knows what DAO or DOA is or whatever it is. That's a big problem for a domain name extension.

Blockchain is getting boring too.

I hope I'm wrong though, cause you lot clearly have skin in the game and I do not.

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), a collection of coveted non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has now generated more than $1 billion in total sales. The cumulative sales figure for the 10,000-piece collection now stands at roughly $1.03 billion, according to data site CryptoSlam

That’s just one artist

Did you really just say that no one cares about NFTs or Web3 ... I just told you some lucky fucker made a BILLION dollars selling digital paintings of an APE he made on his computer

Come on now Mad, hopefully you’re not that closed in the box,

https://fortune.com/2022/01/30/nft-lobbying-washington-dapper-labs/

What ?! Blockchain is getting boring ?! Mad what ?!

Global Blockchain Market Report 2021: Market Size is Projected to Grow from $4.9 Billion in 2021 to $67.4 Billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 68.4%

My family and I generated a 1,000% + ROI on NVDA stock when it was trading at $20 ... just 5 years ago ... what’s it trading at now ?

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), a collection of coveted non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has now generated more than $1 billion in total sales. The cumulative sales figure for the 10,000-piece collection now stands at roughly $1.03 billion, according to data site CryptoSlam

That’s just one artist

Did you really just say that no one cares about NFTs or Web3 ... I just told you some lucky fucker made a BILLION dollars selling digital paintings of an APE he made on his computer

Come on now Mad, hopefully you’re not that closed in the box,

https://fortune.com/2022/01/30/nft-lobbying-washington-dapper-labs/

What ?! Blockchain is getting boring ?! Mad what ?!

Correct. Most people don't care about NFTs or crypto.

I've never met anyone that cares about them.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

Indeed, that's why it's quite pointless and doesn't interest anyone.

Agreed

Cause they already have the most valuable domain name extension and there is no opportunity to be found. They are already at the mouth of the bottom of the funnel of money due to their position.

The fact that people are using crypto as vehicle to trade and profit in fiat currencies is a travesty. Completely against the spirit of bitcoin and decentralisation. As for the banks... those that control the money supply and governments have their beady little eyes and control (through regulation) over the points of interest to them (where fiat becomes crypto and vice versa) and the dissemination of the funds that have been exchanged. The companies involved that are BEGGING for regulation are just as bad. So no, it's not ground breaking, it's the same old same old speculation with the illusion of legitimacy and privacy with the same groups profiting. NFTs being "lost" wtf...?

This whole Etherium and domain name connection... when I say that people care very little about NFTs and crypto, far fewer people care about domains on the blockchain .

Yes there are stories of people making tonnes of cash and those people are oh so keen to tell everyone (because it helps them, not you).

It's fun but not for me or most people.

Completely against the spirits of bitcoin ...

you probably didn’t invest anything into any bitcoin or any crypto-currency, let me tell you the driving factor of the value was the dark web ... that’s right, illegal transactions and the idea of untraceable currencies ... BTC had a choice, become legit or hide ... they went legit and now there are currency ledgers where the transactions can be tracked via

BLOCKCHAIN

Baron Rothschild said - give me control of the money of a nation and I care not who controls it

Banks have been robbing the governments they represent for many many years ... Banks follow the hype, and normally buy in when it’s too late to do so ... but it doesn’t matter, they have the money to afford a little interest

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

Well yeah, that's the point. It won't.

what do you know about web3, the metaverse, or NFT’s ...

Consumers spent a whopping $41 billion on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in 2021. The metaverse could be a multitrillion-dollar industry a decade from now according to FOOL.com

And what if I told you as an NFT creator you can pay and receive money via a name followed by .xyz versus typing out a long string of numbers ... you don’t that’s a powerful advantage

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Wrong ... it’s knowing what’s authentic and what’s not, it’s no one’s problem but your own ... And if you can’t tell the authenticity of a product, you shouldn’t be buying it, plain and simple

There’s no opportunity to be found ? In which case MAD ...

I represented AI.com and Nividia the king of artificial intelligence passed on the name

I represented 77.com and Bank of Japan 77 passed on the name

I represented Blue.com and the blue man group passed on the name

I represented SW.com and presented the name to both Smith & Wesson, Steve Wynn, and South West Airlines ... Southwest was the only one that offered me $100,000 after one year when I already had an offer of $500,000 in China ... that same name sold within one year for $650,000 in China ...

I represented HH.com to Hermes, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, they couldn’t fathom why the price was $5M much less $1M ...

Have you ever gotten a million dollar offer on a domain name ? I have, and when I got a $3,000,000 offer in cash for VR.com from Xiaomi - the owners “anything.com” passed on the offer ...

So really where is the opportunity ? Because as far as I can see unless you’re a big shot in the industry your chances of getting a multi million dollar deal done are slim to none

I have a challenge for you, show me 5 great .com names here that are for sale / single keywords preferred, can you manage that and can you list their prices as well ... I want to know what you consider great

1B sites online, 310M domains in current circulation, over 100K business’ created everyday and in order to be successful you need to be online > why do you think endusers are buying brandable names now ?

What point are you trying to make? It doesn't matter whether you know if someone owns a picture of a monkey or not. It only matters to people that are making money out of it.

what do you know about web3, the metaverse, or NFT’s ...

Consumers spent a whopping $41 billion on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in 2021. The metaverse could be a multitrillion-dollar industry a decade from now according to FOOL.com

And what if I told you as an NFT creator you can pay and receive money via a name followed by .xyz versus typing out a long string of numbers ... you don’t that’s a powerful advantage

Sounds good if you're accepting money as an NFT creator. Most people aren't, which is what I was saying.

 

[Xiberia]

Completely against the spirits of bitcoin ...

you probably didn’t invest anything into any bitcoin or any crypto-currency, let me tell you the driving factor of the value was the dark web ... that’s right, illegal transactions and the idea of untraceable currencies ... BTC had a choice, become legit or hide ... they went legit and now there are currency ledgers where the transactions can be tracked via

BLOCKCHAIN

You could trace bitcoin transactions from day zero, that's the point of it. It's a public ledger. I don't even think it was called a "blockchain" originally. Here's the first ever block:

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/bloc...85ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f

Consumers spent a whopping $41 billion on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in 2021. The metaverse could be a multitrillion-dollar industry a decade from now according to FOOL.com

And what if I told you as an NFT creator you can pay and receive money via a name followed by .xyz versus typing out a long string of numbers ... you don’t that’s a powerful advantage

"Consumers" AKA a handful of money launderers buying monkey jpegs from themselves.

As for the wallet thing (again), who currently types out crypto addresses?

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

You could trace bitcoin transactions from day zero, that's the point of it. It's a public ledger. I don't even think it was called a "blockchain" originally. Here's the first ever block:

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/bloc...85ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f



"Consumers" AKA a handful of money launderers buying monkey jpegs from themselves.

As for the wallet thing (again), who currently types out crypto addresses?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2012/05/fbi-fears-bitcoin/amp

That was in 2012 ^

Today - yes, it is totally traceable, Monero is not ... even if they operate on the blockchain

And everytime someone creates an account with a decentralized company - wallets, exchanges, marketplaces like OpenSea.io ... etc. they have to type in their wallet address / which is a long string of numbers / versus / typing in a domain ...

Do you own any crypto or no ?

And yes I believe you’re right, probably many launderers using NFTs to move money - but what does it matter, NFTs are a multi billion dollar industry, the collectors and creators get a long and support each other ... domainers do not

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Do you own any crypto or no ?

Nobody does.

 

[Xiberia]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2012/05/fbi-fears-bitcoin/amp

That was in 2012 ^

Today - yes, it is totally traceable, Monero is not ... even if they operate on the blockchain

As I said, it was 'traceable' from day zero, since the whole point of it is everyone has a copy of every transaction. The article you posted also explains it's traceable:

Bitcoin transactions are published online [...] a user who doesn't use a proxy to anonymize his or her IP address is at risk of being identified by authorities who are able to trace the address to a physical location or specific user [...] by analyzing publicly available Bitcoin information, such as transaction records and user postings of public-private keys, and combining that with less public information that might be available to law enforcement agencies, such as bank account information or shipping addresses, the real identity of users might be ascertained.​

And it's about a "leaked" document saying the FBI can't trace bitcoin transactions, giving criminals the idea it's anonymous and beyond the range of the FBI, and they (criminals) should totally keep use it. And a year later Silk Road is taken down.

There have always been theories bitcoin was created by an intelligence agency, and that's still more plausible than most suggestions people have made about "Satoshi".

And everytime someone creates an account with a decentralized company - wallets, exchanges, marketplaces like OpenSea.io ... etc. they have to type in their wallet address / which is a long string of numbers / versus / typing in a domain ...

Copy and paste is disabled? Just sounds like another solution looking for a problem, like most of crypto.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

As I said, it was 'traceable' from day zero, since the whole point of it is everyone has a copy of every transaction. The article you posted also explains it's traceable:

Bitcoin transactions are published online [...] a user who doesn't use a proxy to anonymize his or her IP address is at risk of being identified by authorities who are able to trace the address to a physical location or specific user [...] by analyzing publicly available Bitcoin information, such as transaction records and user postings of public-private keys, and combining that with less public information that might be available to law enforcement agencies, such as bank account information or shipping addresses, the real identity of users might be ascertained.​

And it's about a "leaked" document saying the FBI can't trace bitcoin transactions, giving criminals the idea it's anonymous and beyond the range of the FBI, and they (criminals) should totally keep use it. And a year later Silk Road is taken down.

There have always been theories bitcoin was created by an intelligence agency, and that's still more plausible than most suggestions people have made about "Satoshi".



Copy and paste is disabled? Just sounds like another solution looking for a problem, like most of crypto.

I guess I should be clear ... I had said the “idea of untraceable currencies” because that’s what was the driving factor for the cartels selling guns, counterfeit goods, cocaine, and molly through the silk road ... and as time went on, the crypto-currency BTC grew more legitimate and the idea slowly was adopted by other crypto enthusiasts ^ that said, BTC grew in value because of these transactions ...

And even though the silk road is shut down, it doesn’t even matter ... there’s a silk road 2.0 and when that gets shut down, there will be a 3.0 ...

Copy and paste is not disabled, but imagine if you have a business card and you own are involved in a business that does conduct crypto transactions ... and all you have to say to your customer is they pay you directly at your name, very simple, no need for requests, no need for anything except the name and the money in the customers account to purchase whatever it is that they are looking to purchase