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Can you explain in detail what problem blockchain solves here and why it can't be solved without blockchain?


Well, if it's solved via blockchain, there's an opportunity for speculation among early adopters, which I think is the major selling point for most blockchain "solutions"


The problem that someone else can move your domain.

The same problem it solves for finance: That someone else can move your money.


Don't normal domains work the same - you pay a fee and you get the domain for X years? In both situations the domains expire and a porn site can nab them.


With normal domains, the registrar can move your domain without your approval.

So they could do so out of malice or because they get tricked into believing you gave them the go or because they got hacked or got ordered to do so by some governmental institution or or or ...




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