Oddbean new post about login | logout It seems the domain registrar I used got banned in my home country. I didn't realize this as I was abroad, and everything appeared normal. However, my payment processor was based in my home country, which blocked the auto-renewed transaction. Consequently, I lost my domains, and now they're being resold for a 50x markup. Please recommend a reliable domain registrar that accepts Bitcoin and isn't susceptible to government censorship. #AskNostr
https://njal.la/ comes to mind first
https://mynymbox.io/domainregister Saw this one the other day posted on nostr
Decentralized DNS might be interesting https://handshake.org/
Namecheap accepts bitcoin. Is that useful or is this the one you were already using?
Namecheap is also banned in my home country, but if it supports Bitcoin, it shouldn't be a problem. I used it before but didn’t know it accepted Bitcoin. Thanks!
Paying with bitcoin on Namecheap works through adding credit. So you cant go through the regular flow of purchasing a domain. One way of doing, which I like is: - While on a Mullvad VPN connection which is paid with bitcoin, create a free proton mail account. - Add credit to the proton account using bitcoin. - With that credit, purchase the proton subscription that includes simplelogin. - Use simplelogin to create an email alias - Create a namecheap account with that alias - add credit to namecheap using bitcoin - purchase domains with that namecheap credit
Thanks, I did some research. Turns out Namecheap got banned in my country because they refused to comply with government censorship, which is perfect. With an anonymous account and Bitcoin payments, it's the best option for me. Also, relying entirely on traditional domains isn’t a good move. We need something better or at least more options.
Namecheap has been bitcoin-friendly for a long time, but it only lets you top-up on-chain. They’ve never integrated Lightning.
For what it is, namecheap is quite good. As far as we tested (I work in gambling), they really throw government requests to the trashcan unless it is US gov issued, so unless you do something the bald eagles do not like, you can reasonably assume you will be fine. They do offer privacy hiding just as any other registar, but I would be cautious and not rely only on that considering your local gov seems to be very trigger happy. Since 1.1.2024, namecheap (or any other .com/.net/us domain registar) is obliged to pass on your actual user info to ICANN, which may be a 2nd angle for your home folk.
To my knowledge there will be no way to get around a government's control over internet names, further, dns root servers getting authority to recognize traffic to your authoritative nameservers. Technically it's possible to be your own domain authority if you have a good ISP and some quality hardware. Doesn't mean downstream servers will recognize your server's authority though. I'm not sure if anyone really runs their own nameservers anymore. I use a recursive resolver which relies on the root servers. You'll need to side-step traditional DNS names, but unfortunately that means extremely reduced visibility. :/
even numbers are controlled via IANA and that is a shitcoin of a real estate market too
Can we do with only odd numbers? *duck*
Web-based 'Freedom Tools' can't rely on centralized, government-controlled domain registrars. Domains not only serve as a single point of failure but also open up significant attack vectors, especially if the state is involved. I want to take this opportunity to create a solution that mitigates this issue. This will be my new project, I will share more details soon. nostr:nevent1qqs9m5n39v9rv999hqejgxkrcyuh9tt8sky3ltljhegvqsfsa3myzqqpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsygxx7urh795e65x0j25k22l7hlavqh7xss4eacu3pzwetxu26h2gl5psgqqqqqqs9tpxnq
This is indescribably awful, but also not very surprising. Definitely need to route around DNS
It's worse than we realized. Yesterday, the payment was declined, yet it was immediately 'taken.' but "Fortunately", this particular one has a 'special' brokerage option. I don't care about the domain, but this is terrible for 'freedom tool/app' or any web app. They can now run a large phishing attack. Traditional domains are terrible, we need something better.
It's insane, how is this even legal. https://image.nostr.build/f08e502c5d75d13c1da4502866ba04bb6bee5224bcfe5815d8f3c0f957e82ec2.jpg
that's absolutely terrible
