February 12, 2025 • 35 mins
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Innovation, education, alphaand business development in the
Web3, technology and digitalidentity space.
I am your host, wynn Airdrop,founder of iHeart Domains,
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As typical, I'm going to startoff with a little bit of opening
news before we get into themain topic at hand.
I'm going to start off with alittle bit of opening news
before we get into the maintopic at hand.
Yeah, we are in the middle, orgetting towards the middle of
February.
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That means we are coming up onEast Denver.
For those of you who aren'talready aware, I and Verano or
Gerardo from FreedName will beattending East Denver.
So, yeah, if you're out thereand curious about some of the
things that we've been talkingabout on these tech talks, want
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to dive deeper or discuss somepartnerships or potentially
grabbing your first TLD, I'd behappy to link with you and
connect with you out there inDenver.
So, yeah, very open Again, ifyou're going to be out there in
Denver, feel free to shoot a DMor anything like that to connect
with us.
But yeah, very open Again, ifyou're going to be out there in
Denver, feel free to shoot a DMor anything like that to connect
with us.
But yeah, both he and I will beout there.
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I'll be out there from the 26thto the 1st and I think he'll be
out there at the same period oftime.
So, yeah, definitely lookingforward to that.
So we sponsor and by we it's meand a couple hundred individuals
but we host, on behalf of theVerbs Dow, the Verbs Hangout IRL
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events every month here in SanAntonio, texas, and we've
actually collaborated andco-sponsored an event going on
at ETH Denver, actually on the26th.
So we've collaborated withBlunt Dow, who we've mentioned
you know several times, who hasalso, you know, helped sponsor
our events here at IRL.
So, reciprocating and returningthe favor, blunt Dow is having
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their I believe this is thesecond or third Blunt Dow
Olympics, so this is going to betaking place on the 26th from
noon to six o'clock.
So if you're going to be outthere a little bit earlier, if
you're coming, you know, fromthe hackathon or build-a-thon,
definitely invite anybody that'sout there to attend.
But, yeah, the Buntown Olympicsis going to be a great event,
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full of, obviously, networkingand, yeah, socializing, using
again networking and yeah,socializing, using again you
know, common ground, right, it'sDenver, perfect place for us to
have a big session, network,talk about all things.
You know nounish, verbish and,for those of you who aren't
familiar, blood Down is anounish sub-down, just like
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verbs are.
So you know, two nounishsub-communities and several
other sponsors actually arecoming together for this Black
Down Olympics.
So definitely should turn outto be a good event.
So, if you're going to be outstarter to be named, your first
or second, your third want tocollect a few that you're
bullish on.
Our TLDs or a few of ourpremium TLDs are open for
registration.
Those TLDs are dgen, exchange,.88888, which is five eights, or
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defi wallet.
They are open for registrationand they are also they do not
exclude the free name coupon.
So currently there is a SuperBowl related coupon on the free
name platform of HUT30.
So H-U-T-30, which will get you30 percent off your cart.
I think there might be aminimum on the cart but, yeah,
feel free to add, you know, a dgand a exchange or one of those
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domains to the cart and grabsome of these domains before
this real estate becomes a lotmore
expensive.
And yeah, with that being said,I'm going to go ahead and get
into the main subject at hand.
Again, I'm kind of trying topower through this and, you know
, got a meeting after this andthis is more of a continuation
again of the past couple techtalks and Web3 domain workshops
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that we've had.
But yeah, the topic, as you cansee at the top of the space
Web3 domain workshop how tomanage potential Web3 domain
collisions.
As I've stated, the last fewspaces, this space, this tech
talk and those in the nearfuture are part of our Web3
domain workshop series.
This is in partnership withFreename.
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Purpose and mission of doingthis is to not only highlight
different tools that are in theFreename ecosystem, specific to
how to build out TLDs and createa successful Web3 registry.
But in addition to that, a lotof the things that Freename has
built and a lot of the thingsthat utility that they bring to
the table is universally usable.
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This education is universallyusable, again, trying to cast
the bigger net of you know,bringing you know the
educational web through domainsto the table, enhancing their
value so that we can bring morepeople into the space.
The more that you know how touse them, the easier it is for
you to explain to someone elsehow to use them, the more you
want one more, just sayingsomebody else how to want one,
and this is kind of how we growand we build.
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So, again, even though a lot ofwhat we talk about in these
workshops is going to be freename ecosystem specific, as I've
mentioned before, a lot of thetools that they have built are
actually multi-registrarresolving.
So even those tools you knowwill still resolve most UD and
ENS domains.
But even still, the things thatwe talk about, especially when
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we talk about marketing andthings like that, that's just
general advice that can beapplied to any naming ecosystem.
So again, welcome any andeveryone to pull up to these,
and this education is foreveryone.
We do these on Fridays.
This is following a VIPworkshop that we do in our VIP
community on Thursdays.
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So if you're wanting a moreone-on-one experience, if you're
already a member of theFreedame community and you're a
VIP, you'll see that invitationin the group.
So feel free to pull up.
If you're not already a VIP andyou're interested in becoming
one, again, reach out in thegroup.
Freedame does have a general ormain group and you can always
ask in there.
You know, hey, what does ittake for me to become a VIP?
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And I'm sure you know they'llguide you along the way.
And yeah, as you probably couldguess, there are some special
incentives for being a VIP.
One of those, including, youknow, these Web2Domain workshops
as well, as you know other, youknow, personalized services,
again, to help grow and buildand ensure that each of our VIPs
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and any of our TLD owners aresuccessful.
So cool and also got to boreyou with the boring stuff.
But before I dive into thistech talk, I do always like to
get us all on the same page withwhat we're talking about.
Always like to get us all onthe same page with what we're
talking about.
Again, people hear the worddomain name.
They typically refer to thething that they type in on their
browser that takes them to, youknow, pizza Hut, something like
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that.
Whatever it is that they'researching for, most people
associate that word with a namethat takes them to an address or
to a destination on Google oron Chrome or anything like that.
Right, those domains haveexisted for 30 years, although
we share very similarcharacteristics and although we
share similarutility.
Resolution for Web3, domainnames, which is what we're
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talking about here, do notresolve to web content.
They resolve to blockchainaddresses and whatever content
is either linked to or whateverrecords are set on those.
So I always like to make thatdifference so that people don't
think we're talking about thosedot coms, those dot infos, those
dot IOs, those dot AIs.
We're talking more about thosedot cryptos, those dot E's,
those dot NFTs and, in the caseof Freename, the dot whatever.
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You are Allright.
So, with that being said,getting back onto the topic of
the Web3 Domain Workshop, as Istated at the beginning, this is
basically a brief continuationof the conversation that we've
been having over the past coupleweeks, you know, concerning the
existence of duplicate TLDs andcompeting namespaces.
Anybody up who might belistening to this in the future,
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if this is the first time ofyou listening to this, two weeks
ago a discussion was initiatedin relation to Unstoppable
Domains, launch of the onchainTLD, which you know was
discovered during thatconversation, is also available
on Freename and likely Handshakeand D-Web and anywhere else
that's in the TLD business right, and likely Handshake and D-Web
and anywhere else that's in theTLD business right.
So during that workshop, thefirst one that we held two weeks
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ago, took the opportunity toclear the air and clear up some
misconceptions about who reallyowns what, if what can even be
owned, and also how thelandscape of the space is
changing, especially asopportunities have shifted.
How you know different entitieshave, you know, basically
decided to put their hands inother cookie jars, right.
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So we talked about that, right,and what that actually means.
And again, you know, don't wantto downplay, you know anybody's
concerns but for the most part,depending on how you know you
position yourself and pivot, itcould be a nothing burger, right
.
So that was conversation numberone Last week, kind of in
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continuation of that, we focusedon how to bring more value and
visibility to those TLD assetsthat you
own.
You know, on free name or again, like I said, anywhere else,
right, to establish not only amarket but also, potentially, as
a means to legally protect yourrights of ownership, right?
So kind of again a continuationof that conversation Tactic of
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you know, announcing your realestate, right?
This is this is obviouslywhat's causing the uproar every
single time.
You know, one entity poststheir real estate on Twitter.
The other entity who's beensitting on the real estate and
hasn't been doing anything withit is now waving the fist like
you stole what's mine,right?
So one of the easy ways tocombat that, as we talked about
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last week, is to start plantingyour flag when you purchase real
estate as well, right?
Even if you're not prepared tofully bring something to market,
the solutions that FreeNameprovides you whether you're
individually able to create anarrative or not are still
turnkey enough for people to endup there and register domain,
so there's no harm inestablishing your flag.
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We talked about things, likeyou know, being first to market.
We talked about things likecreating your footprint online
using the easiest possible thingthat you have in front of you,
which is your ex account, allthe way, you know, to creating a
website and, you know, going ODand creating all kinds of stuff
, depending on how seriously youwanna take this.
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And then also emphasize that,with the right plan, even though
other TLDs that are the same asyours may grow and may exist in
the space, there's still a bigopportunity to build and grow
your TLD, depending again on thevalue that you provide, the
market that you corner, despitecompetition from other
namespaces.
So, continuing on from that, inthis final chapter of the
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conversation, I wanted todiscuss and introduce some
potential opportunities in theevent that the collision monster
does come to your door.
So again, it's no matter what Isay and no matter how I try to
soothe the situation, everysingle time one of these
announcements is made, the sameemotions are probably going to
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come up to the forefront.
One day, it might be you Right,and so let's talk about some of
the things or some of theoptions that you have in front
of you, besides getting mad.
Right In the event, again, thecollision monster knocks at your
door.
I have my own personalexperience with it and it's
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actually not as bad as you think, and this is something that I
discussed, you know in detail alittle bit yesterday during the
Web3 DomainWorkshop.
So again, what can you do ifone day you see your TLD being
blasted all over on Twitter bysomeone else?
Well, I want to start off bysaying the short answer is
nothing, right, really,absolutely nothing.
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And that's the first thing youkind of have to accept and suck
up Right Anger, waving your fistin the air.
You know spamming, you knowother people's tweets, you know
with with your scammer and ourswas first and all, that it will
change nothing.
Overnight their protocol is notgoing to disappear and
overnight yours isn't either.
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So then what now?
Are you scammed?
Is your investment gone?
Is it dead?
Well, actually, in my opinion,quite the
opposite.
First and foremost, there's avery popular saying out there,
we've all said it a milliontimes.
They say imitation is the bestform of flattery.
And in this case, if your TLDis being launched or copied by
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someone else, right, and I maycome back to this to further
clarify like copy, because copyis really a very negative word,
I mean if, yeah, a lot of thisis malicious and a lot of these
TLDs that are being launched byother namespaces are being done.
So you know, kind of, you know,out of disrespect or without
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respecting the other existingTLDs that are out there.
But, again, differenttechnologies.
If there's a different use caseor a partnership that could
benefit from this technology,it's copying, but to an extent.
Right, because, again, thetechnical collision is something
that we're not running into yet.
Right, and it's something thatwe may not ever run into, a
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situation that occurs Again whenwe're talking about collisions.
In this case we're talkingabout from a branding
perspective.
But, in any event, going backto imitation is the best form of
flattery.
If your TLD just happens to beone that pops up on a Twitter
timeline from someone else, itmeans it's desirable by other
namespaces other than you, andit's a stamp that you likely
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have a market out there for it.
So the good news is, whoeverout there is marketing your TLD
is going to help you find it, ifyou haven't already done so.
So, for a lot of us, again, alot of these collisions that are
popping out and, as I mentionedyesterday, there's a history to
thisspace.
We speak about a lot of thesecollisions that are popping out
and, as I mentioned yesterday,you know there's there's a
history to the space you know wespeak about, you know, a lot of
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current grievances is as ifthere is a history to them or as
if there isn't a precedent tothem, and we have to acknowledge
that almost every namespacethat that exists has stepped on
the toes of someone that's comebefore it, and for good reason.
Right, it may have been forgood reason, and I've been, you
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know, very transparent about myopinion of some of those other
namespaces that I'm a proudmember of that just don't have
market fit, right.
But in any event, again, likethere's other namespaces that
have been around long before andhave the argument that you know
they have ownership of a TLD,and some of them, and a lot of
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the, you know the kind of thenature, especially like in
communities like and again notto pick on anybody, but
communities like Handshake,where there's a land race and
people are just buying up abunch of names.
You may have a portfolio fullof names that you just haven't
built anything out on yet anddon't know who your market is.
And again, like anytime one ofthese new TLDs pops out, it's
the first ones to come out andsay you stole what I own.
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Well, instead of kind of takingit that way, maybe take it as
them doing you a favor again.
You know, looking at howthey're marketing, how they're
attracting, how they're creatingvalue, may help you figure out
a plan for for for where you'vebeen lacking right on your own
TLD, but kind of getting off ofthat
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again.
I do have a personal experiencewith this.
I wanted to run through it kindof in an example of how to take
it as the glass half fullinstead of the glass half empty,
of how to take it as the glasshalf full instead of the glass
half empty, and then, yeah,hopefully inspire.
You know, obviously, you knowwe hope that there is a lot less
cases of this occurring.
You know we have tried to makeefforts, or at least pretended
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to try to make efforts, you know, to create, you know,
organizations and entities thatwouldn't infringe on people's
assets.
But I mean, since that's notworking, at least in this case
maybe you can get inspired forwhat to do in the event that
your name pops up somewhereelse.
So, again, as I mentioned amillion times before, one of the
TLDs that I own on the freename platform is dgen.
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Dgen itself is a really popularterm, right, it's a term that
is coined or is very popularwithin the crypto space.
It typically means you knowsomebody who's a gambler in the
space, which is a lot of us.
If you're playing with memecoins, if you're, you know aping
NFTs and flipping.
If you're doing all this funstuff, you know you're a degen,
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right?
You're a degen right.
So the culture of being a degen, which at one point was seen as
kind of negative but now it'skind of seen as what it is, has
existed for quite some time.
So dgen was actually my firstTLD mint on Freename.
My very first TLD that I mintedon Freename when I discovered
them on their launch day overtwo years ago, was dgen, and I
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got a hell of a bargain on it.
I mean a hell of a bargain,right?
But in any event, my ownership,or my claim to ownership, again
goes back that far.
For any of you who are a memberor familiar with Warpcast or
Farcaster, the word djn is anextremely popular term for you,
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right?
Not sure why Yossik landed onDJ or how he came to that
conclusion, but yeah, agentleman named Yossik ended up
developing a token and acommunity called DJ that was
birthed.
The Warcast became a humongoustoken.
Yeah, itcast became a humongoustoken.
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Yeah, it still is a humongoustoken, to the point where they
even created their own L3blockchain on top of base.
Yeah, that big, that muchvolume, big community, lots of
farming probably drove a lot ofpeople to even use Warpcast in
the first place.
But despite all of that, my TLDmint on Freename predates the
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existence of both, I thinkWarpcast itself, but definitely
predates the existence of DGN.
That token.
Or Jacek ever thinking aboutcreating a namespace connected
to it?
And I don't think Jacek createda namespace.
Somebody elsedid.
And, with that being said, nomatter how much I want to tweet
or yell that or get insomebody's DM and say it, they
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don't care at all.
They launched DGN name servicelast year on the DGN blockchain
and, yeah, I had to watch it onTwitter.
Again, that feeling that someof you may feel like you're
close to feeling.
I felt that feeling and I knowhow it feels.
And again, so, being at thedoorstep of that and having to
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process this, I was actuallysurprised on how, I don't know.
I wouldn't even say I wouldeven say light, lightweight,
bullish, right, right, because,again, imitation best form of
frattery If you ever want astamp of approval for whether
you've got a prime TLD thatsomebody else might pay a
premium for seeing somebody elselaunch it and have a whole
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community backing and chantingit and making tweets and share
their names.
That's probably the best thingthat could possibly happen to
you making tweets and sharetheir names, it's probably the
best thing that could possiblyhappen to you, and that's kind
of really how I took it from thestart, and so one of the first
things I did obviously was, youknow, in the event that their
namespace happens to be moresuccessful than mine, I'm not
going to miss out on them gains.
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So I'm going to go try to mintsome grail to SLDs before
anybody else can, which we didActually, it was me and a
gentleman that was also veryvocal in the free name community
collector.
We discovered djian at the sametime and him and I minted some
pretty solid names on thatnamespace that we still own.
And in the event that it everbecomes something and again hear
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what I'm saying in the eventthat it ever becomes something,
I hope to flip those names tomake some money.
But that's something to keep inmind, right?
Because even though weinitially take something as oh
my God, this is the worst thingto happen to me.
Sometimes when it plays out, itactually does become a nothing
burger.
So, again, my reaction in thatname.
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In that case I actually posteda congratulations, I posted that
I minted I think Iscreenshotted or something and
shared one of the grill domainsthat I minted on that TLD.
And then I shared my TLD that Iown on Freename and put out
there.
You know, hey, I saw my namepop up somewhere else.
Congrats to them.
Whatever I'm paraphrasing,obviously I don't know my exact
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wording, but I was surprised bywhat happened after I posted
that tweet and that's againsurprised again by how I took it
.
But then, even that, what cameafter?
And when I posted that tweetand I posted my own djntld and I
posted a link to it, I actuallyended up getting some
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registrations that day and thatthrew me off because I'm like,
well, you know I'm posting thecompetition If it's doom and
gloom, if my TLD is dead, youknow nobody's going to want mine
as opposed tothere.
And then that's when the firstlight bulb kind of clicked is.
You know, if you, if you'redifferent, not everybody wants
something just because it'sthere, but some people may still
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align with the ethos.
They may love your tech betterright, or their favorite name
may be taken over there.
Or, as we've now discovered,moving forward, no one uses DGN
chain.
It sounded good at first.
I tried.
I was actually very bullish andvery active on Warcast at this
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time so again, minted some oftheir dgens.
I've never used one once, Idon't even know where they
resolved.
So again, no one uses degenchain outside of that core
community in Warcast.
That one day may change.
I don't know what that team ifthere even is a team has going
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on, but that TLB only had valuein that community in that single
moment.
Overreacting to it and seeingit as doom and gloom would have
been would have been stupid onmy part because I would have
missed out on the rest of theworld that keeps moving forward.
Yeah, the market for them isdead.
Yeah, the market for them isdead Again.
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If they are able to buildsomething and create, you know,
a market for any use case forthis TLD, I hope to sell the
ones that I got for for apremium, but in the meantime,
yeah, they're just souvenirs,right?
So is this really competition?
And so thethe?
The first point that I want tomake is, again, one of the best
things that you can do in theevent that you wake up and you
see your asset launch somewhere,is step back, breathe, and then
what they say is D-Y-O-R, andthat's do your own research on
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who, what was launched, who theyappeal to, and then kind of
slow down and see if it's evencompetition in the first place.
And again, if you're notbuilding with your TLD, if it's
been sitting dormant in yourwallet and you know this, you
know, take this opportunity tostudy them and see how they
manage and create a market foryour TLD, because they've
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already done the hard part foryou, which is prove that someone
else outside of you thinks thatthat TLD is cool.
So and that's the same thingthat I did, right, so paid
attention to what they weredoing again, got registrations
after I posted the fact that theother dgen TLD existed, which
let me know and reminded me,after doing my research again,
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what I said at the beginning ofthis space DGEN as a culture,
dgen as a word, has existed farbeyond that community and that
token, and although it is veryeasy for them to create a
namespace and a value withinthat community, there's still a
wider DGEN community that we'reable to appeal to, and so,
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instead of focusing on that,focus on how to appeal to that
wider community.
You know, one of the thingsthat you know I've put out there
that I'm working on andbuilding with my TLD is I plan
on integrating my dg and TLDinto a future gaming development
where the TLD will be used forrewards, token game memberships
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and building up the value thatway can gain memberships and
building up the value that wayand, again, creating something
in a completely differentecosystem, creating a completely
different consumer base on acompletely different technology
and a blockchain, because, again, we're being built by a
multi-million dollar companythat has a team of 30 plus
people who are dedicated tobuilding out a blockchain name
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service that maybe one day willintegrate with I can and create
real world tlds, and that thingis something that was created by
some dude who is a dev and justfelt like doing something one
day.
Right, um, so again, um, maybe.
So, just taking that in context, again, staying focused on your
mission, building out somethingthat could create value to the
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general space, and then maybeeven and I gave this example as
well in the workshop yesterdaythere are potentially going to
be opportunities if you'remaking enough noise and building
enough value.
If you're making enough noiseand building enough value and
again, our product is going tocontinue to become stronger
while your competition might bestruggling to create a market,
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maybe you'll have an opportunityto one day exit to that person,
right?
So for many of us who havelarge portfolios of TLDs, this
is I mean, this is a holy grailsituation for you.
You should, actually, if youown hundreds of TLDs on
FreeNamer anywhere, the besthope that you possibly have
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would be to one day look up andsee that UD has launched that
TLD, because now you can go makesome noise and dig in their
backyard and make them want tobuy you.
That's your market, right?
And I've said this.
I mean I swear to you, I'vesaid this on other spaces.
You know we've had thisconversation before and we've.
You know now it's a little bitmore real.
They're popping them out likepopcorn.
But back then it was the fearof this happening and we were
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going through the DOTSATsituation and we saw how that
played out and again I gave myopinion then that that was the
best possible outcome for theowner of DOTsat on a handshake,
just keeping it a buck, likewhat else could have been done
with that TLD.
But, understanding your value,right, you own a TLD on a
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blockchain that cannot be erased, right?
No legal entity on earth canwipe it away.
It's going to be a pain in thebooty for anybody who's trying
to create a market.
Otherwise, especially if you'revery loud and vocal about it,
you can create a market forsomeone to acquire you.
If your asset has value, thencommunicate that value to the
person who's trying to buildwith that asset somewhere else,
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if you know you're not going tobuild on it and there's an
opportunity there.
So, again, you've got astockpile of TLDs.
Best thing that could possiblyhappen for you is for somebody
to one day pop out and announceit on Twitter, because there you
go.
Now you've got somebody's DMs,you can jump in immediately.
So yeah, again, one of the bigpotential things I think that we
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always should look at is waysto collaborate, ways to build,
create our own markets and,again, ways to add value so that
you don't have to pay attentionto anything else that's popping
in thespace.
So yeah, at the end of the day,kind of the wrap up of all
three of these spaces, is thatall you can do, because it's, as
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I said, it's not going tohappen to everybody.
But, again, if you've got, ifyou were in any of these
platforms earlier, you've gotsome Grail names, they're Grails
to you, they're Grails tosomebody else.
So it's going to happen one day.
Your day is coming right andit's not anyone's fault.
Well, I mean to an extent,right, it definitely ain't
FreeNames' fault, right.
I mean to an extent, right, itdefinitely ain't FreeNames'
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fault, right.
And, as I said, like, dependingon the type of partnership, the
type of opportunity, it mayeven be beneficial for some of
these other namespaces to createthese partnerships and build on
these TLDs.
So, again, in those situations,I wouldn't say it's a fault,
even though it's still a toestep.
It's just a progression of thespace.
So, again, it's probably goingto happen to you if you got a
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good name, and that's not thatbad.
But at the end of the day, ifyour day comes, all you can do
is have faith in yourinvestments, blast that faith
from the rooftops, establishyour market and then build with
your head down.
That's really all you can do.
And as long as you're doingthat, your tribe will find you,
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people will find you, your valuewill find you Again, even
advertising my competition, Istill attracted men from my TLD
because everyone's not attractedto everything.
Everything doesn't fit everyone.
If you build something andyou're the only thing that works
in the thing that you build,then you're the only option that
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people will have.
So there are many ways for youto make and create value for
yourTLD.
Big spaces that we actually hadyesterday with Freename was
kind of on that subject matter,about the power of DApps and
again, big thing about DApps isthe ability to create your own
environment where you'recurating experiences for users
that are coming there, and a lotof those users are going to be
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afraid of the crypto space ingeneral and so their only
engagement or their onlyinteraction with the space may
be through that D app.
Right, understand, when you'redealing with a wider crypto
space, you have to know things,like you know contract addresses
and making sure they're rightor not, and whether something's
a rug or not, or if it'sverified on OpenSea.
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But like if you, if you're anewbie coming into space, you
just get a dry wallet and someWeb site addresses.
It's a very scary place.
But when you're in the appslike Coinbase, when you're in
the apps like ones that exist in, you know, in the DeFi space,
those curated experiences.
You know, if you trust the app,you trust everything in it.
You don't got to check thosethings because it's already been
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checked.
And again, you're building yourown D apps.
You're integrating your domainnames and your TLD into them.
What else are they going to use?
So focus on building, focus onyour mission, not your
condition.
Hopefully, these last threespaces kind of close the book on
whether or not it meansanything if your name pops up
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somewhere else.
Again, the opportunity here isdifferent, right?
So in a lot of circumstances,seeing those TLDs pop up
somewhere else, seeing thoserelationships and those
partnerships pop up somewhereelse, can potentially create a
market for you and you shouldlook at it that way.
So, yeah, hopefully you guysenjoyed these last couple of
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tech talks.
We're going to start shiftingback to digging into individual
utility next week on the nextweek through the main
workshop.
Again, if you are in the VIPcommunity, we do these on
Thursdays.
These are done via Google meet,where you're able to attend
live, ask questions, anyquestions that you possibly have
, and we dig into these, youknow, as a community, as a group
, and then here we do these onFriday so we can spread the
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knowledge and spread the loveagain, so that we can all
cohesively build, learn and growoutside of this bubble.
So, yeah, look forward totalking to you guys soon, as
this is with every Friday, rightafter this Spaces, we are going
to be on the Web 3, the Main'sWell Talk with Freename.
It's going to be at 8 o'clockCST with me and Paige Howe.
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So definitely invite you guysall to pull up for the free name
spaces.
But, yeah, thank you forattending another Tech Talk.
This will be available onpodcast pretty soon.
Talk to you later, thank youguys.
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before we get into the maintopic at hand.
Yeah, we are in the middle, orgetting towards the middle of
February.
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That means we are coming up onEast Denver.
For those of you who aren'talready aware, I and Verano or
Gerardo from FreedName will beattending East Denver.
So, yeah, if you're out thereand curious about some of the
things that we've been talkingabout on these tech talks, want
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to dive deeper or discuss somepartnerships or potentially
grabbing your first TLD, I'd behappy to link with you and
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So, yeah, very open Again, ifyou're going to be out there in
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But yeah, very open Again, ifyou're going to be out there in
Denver, feel free to shoot a DMor anything like that to connect
with us.
But yeah, both he and I will beout there.
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I'll be out there from the 26thto the 1st and I think he'll be
out there at the same period oftime.
So, yeah, definitely lookingforward to that.
So we sponsor and by we it's meand a couple hundred individuals
but we host, on behalf of theVerbs Dow, the Verbs Hangout IRL
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events every month here in SanAntonio, texas, and we've
actually collaborated andco-sponsored an event going on
at ETH Denver, actually on the26th.
So we've collaborated withBlunt Dow, who we've mentioned
you know several times, who hasalso, you know, helped sponsor
our events here at IRL.
So, reciprocating and returningthe favor, blunt Dow is having
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their I believe this is thesecond or third Blunt Dow
Olympics, so this is going to betaking place on the 26th from
noon to six o'clock.
So if you're going to be outthere a little bit earlier, if
you're coming, you know, fromthe hackathon or build-a-thon,
definitely invite anybody that'sout there to attend.
But, yeah, the Buntown Olympicsis going to be a great event,
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full of, obviously, networkingand, yeah, socializing, using
again networking and yeah,socializing, using again you
know, common ground, right, it'sDenver, perfect place for us to
have a big session, network,talk about all things.
You know nounish, verbish and,for those of you who aren't
familiar, blood Down is anounish sub-down, just like
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verbs are.
So you know, two nounishsub-communities and several
other sponsors actually arecoming together for this Black
Down Olympics.
So definitely should turn outto be a good event.
So, if you're going to be outstarter to be named, your first
or second, your third want tocollect a few that you're
bullish on.
Our TLDs or a few of ourpremium TLDs are open for
registration.
Those TLDs are dgen, exchange,.88888, which is five eights, or
(06:58):
defi wallet.
They are open for registrationand they are also they do not
exclude the free name coupon.
So currently there is a SuperBowl related coupon on the free
name platform of HUT30.
So H-U-T-30, which will get you30 percent off your cart.
I think there might be aminimum on the cart but, yeah,
feel free to add, you know, a dgand a exchange or one of those
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domains to the cart and grabsome of these domains before
this real estate becomes a lotmore
expensive.
And yeah, with that being said,I'm going to go ahead and get
into the main subject at hand.
Again, I'm kind of trying topower through this and, you know
, got a meeting after this andthis is more of a continuation
again of the past couple techtalks and Web3 domain workshops
(07:42):
that we've had.
But yeah, the topic, as you cansee at the top of the space
Web3 domain workshop how tomanage potential Web3 domain
collisions.
As I've stated, the last fewspaces, this space, this tech
talk and those in the nearfuture are part of our Web3
domain workshop series.
This is in partnership withFreename.
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Purpose and mission of doingthis is to not only highlight
different tools that are in theFreename ecosystem, specific to
how to build out TLDs and createa successful Web3 registry.
But in addition to that, a lotof the things that Freename has
built and a lot of the thingsthat utility that they bring to
the table is universally usable.
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This education is universallyusable, again, trying to cast
the bigger net of you know,bringing you know the
educational web through domainsto the table, enhancing their
value so that we can bring morepeople into the space.
The more that you know how touse them, the easier it is for
you to explain to someone elsehow to use them, the more you
want one more, just sayingsomebody else how to want one,
and this is kind of how we growand we build.
(08:46):
So, again, even though a lot ofwhat we talk about in these
workshops is going to be freename ecosystem specific, as I've
mentioned before, a lot of thetools that they have built are
actually multi-registrarresolving.
So even those tools you knowwill still resolve most UD and
ENS domains.
But even still, the things thatwe talk about, especially when
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we talk about marketing andthings like that, that's just
general advice that can beapplied to any naming ecosystem.
So again, welcome any andeveryone to pull up to these,
and this education is foreveryone.
We do these on Fridays.
This is following a VIPworkshop that we do in our VIP
community on Thursdays.
(09:28):
So if you're wanting a moreone-on-one experience, if you're
already a member of theFreedame community and you're a
VIP, you'll see that invitationin the group.
So feel free to pull up.
If you're not already a VIP andyou're interested in becoming
one, again, reach out in thegroup.
Freedame does have a general ormain group and you can always
ask in there.
You know, hey, what does ittake for me to become a VIP?
(09:49):
And I'm sure you know they'llguide you along the way.
And yeah, as you probably couldguess, there are some special
incentives for being a VIP.
One of those, including, youknow, these Web2Domain workshops
as well, as you know other, youknow, personalized services,
again, to help grow and buildand ensure that each of our VIPs
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and any of our TLD owners aresuccessful.
So cool and also got to boreyou with the boring stuff.
But before I dive into thistech talk, I do always like to
get us all on the same page withwhat we're talking about.
Always like to get us all onthe same page with what we're
talking about.
Again, people hear the worddomain name.
They typically refer to thething that they type in on their
browser that takes them to, youknow, pizza Hut, something like
(10:32):
that.
Whatever it is that they'researching for, most people
associate that word with a namethat takes them to an address or
to a destination on Google oron Chrome or anything like that.
Right, those domains haveexisted for 30 years, although
we share very similarcharacteristics and although we
share similarutility.
Resolution for Web3, domainnames, which is what we're
(10:54):
talking about here, do notresolve to web content.
They resolve to blockchainaddresses and whatever content
is either linked to or whateverrecords are set on those.
So I always like to make thatdifference so that people don't
think we're talking about thosedot coms, those dot infos, those
dot IOs, those dot AIs.
We're talking more about thosedot cryptos, those dot E's,
those dot NFTs and, in the caseof Freename, the dot whatever.
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You are Allright.
So, with that being said,getting back onto the topic of
the Web3 Domain Workshop, as Istated at the beginning, this is
basically a brief continuationof the conversation that we've
been having over the past coupleweeks, you know, concerning the
existence of duplicate TLDs andcompeting namespaces.
Anybody up who might belistening to this in the future,
(11:46):
if this is the first time ofyou listening to this, two weeks
ago a discussion was initiatedin relation to Unstoppable
Domains, launch of the onchainTLD, which you know was
discovered during thatconversation, is also available
on Freename and likely Handshakeand D-Web and anywhere else
that's in the TLD business right, and likely Handshake and D-Web
and anywhere else that's in theTLD business right.
So during that workshop, thefirst one that we held two weeks
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ago, took the opportunity toclear the air and clear up some
misconceptions about who reallyowns what, if what can even be
owned, and also how thelandscape of the space is
changing, especially asopportunities have shifted.
How you know different entitieshave, you know, basically
decided to put their hands inother cookie jars, right.
(12:30):
So we talked about that, right,and what that actually means.
And again, you know, don't wantto downplay, you know anybody's
concerns but for the most part,depending on how you know you
position yourself and pivot, itcould be a nothing burger, right
.
So that was conversation numberone Last week, kind of in
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continuation of that, we focusedon how to bring more value and
visibility to those TLD assetsthat you
own.
You know, on free name or again, like I said, anywhere else,
right, to establish not only amarket but also, potentially, as
a means to legally protect yourrights of ownership, right?
So kind of again a continuationof that conversation Tactic of
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you know, announcing your realestate, right?
This is this is obviouslywhat's causing the uproar every
single time.
You know, one entity poststheir real estate on Twitter.
The other entity who's beensitting on the real estate and
hasn't been doing anything withit is now waving the fist like
you stole what's mine,right?
So one of the easy ways tocombat that, as we talked about
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last week, is to start plantingyour flag when you purchase real
estate as well, right?
Even if you're not prepared tofully bring something to market,
the solutions that FreeNameprovides you whether you're
individually able to create anarrative or not are still
turnkey enough for people to endup there and register domain,
so there's no harm inestablishing your flag.
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We talked about things, likeyou know, being first to market.
We talked about things likecreating your footprint online
using the easiest possible thingthat you have in front of you,
which is your ex account, allthe way, you know, to creating a
website and, you know, going ODand creating all kinds of stuff
, depending on how seriously youwanna take this.
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And then also emphasize that,with the right plan, even though
other TLDs that are the same asyours may grow and may exist in
the space, there's still a bigopportunity to build and grow
your TLD, depending again on thevalue that you provide, the
market that you corner, despitecompetition from other
namespaces.
So, continuing on from that, inthis final chapter of the
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conversation, I wanted todiscuss and introduce some
potential opportunities in theevent that the collision monster
does come to your door.
So again, it's no matter what Isay and no matter how I try to
soothe the situation, everysingle time one of these
announcements is made, the sameemotions are probably going to
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come up to the forefront.
One day, it might be you Right,and so let's talk about some of
the things or some of theoptions that you have in front
of you, besides getting mad.
Right In the event, again, thecollision monster knocks at your
door.
I have my own personalexperience with it and it's
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actually not as bad as you think, and this is something that I
discussed, you know in detail alittle bit yesterday during the
Web3 DomainWorkshop.
So again, what can you do ifone day you see your TLD being
blasted all over on Twitter bysomeone else?
Well, I want to start off bysaying the short answer is
nothing, right, really,absolutely nothing.
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And that's the first thing youkind of have to accept and suck
up Right Anger, waving your fistin the air.
You know spamming, you knowother people's tweets, you know
with with your scammer and ourswas first and all, that it will
change nothing.
Overnight their protocol is notgoing to disappear and
overnight yours isn't either.
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So then what now?
Are you scammed?
Is your investment gone?
Is it dead?
Well, actually, in my opinion,quite the
opposite.
First and foremost, there's avery popular saying out there,
we've all said it a milliontimes.
They say imitation is the bestform of flattery.
And in this case, if your TLDis being launched or copied by
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someone else, right, and I maycome back to this to further
clarify like copy, because copyis really a very negative word,
I mean if, yeah, a lot of thisis malicious and a lot of these
TLDs that are being launched byother namespaces are being done.
So you know, kind of, you know,out of disrespect or without
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respecting the other existingTLDs that are out there.
But, again, differenttechnologies.
If there's a different use caseor a partnership that could
benefit from this technology,it's copying, but to an extent.
Right, because, again, thetechnical collision is something
that we're not running into yet.
Right, and it's something thatwe may not ever run into, a
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situation that occurs Again whenwe're talking about collisions.
In this case we're talkingabout from a branding
perspective.
But, in any event, going backto imitation is the best form of
flattery.
If your TLD just happens to beone that pops up on a Twitter
timeline from someone else, itmeans it's desirable by other
namespaces other than you, andit's a stamp that you likely
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have a market out there for it.
So the good news is, whoeverout there is marketing your TLD
is going to help you find it, ifyou haven't already done so.
So, for a lot of us, again, alot of these collisions that are
popping out and, as I mentionedyesterday, there's a history to
thisspace.
We speak about a lot of thesecollisions that are popping out
and, as I mentioned yesterday,you know there's there's a
history to the space you know wespeak about, you know, a lot of
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current grievances is as ifthere is a history to them or as
if there isn't a precedent tothem, and we have to acknowledge
that almost every namespacethat that exists has stepped on
the toes of someone that's comebefore it, and for good reason.
Right, it may have been forgood reason, and I've been, you
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know, very transparent about myopinion of some of those other
namespaces that I'm a proudmember of that just don't have
market fit, right.
But in any event, again, likethere's other namespaces that
have been around long before andhave the argument that you know
they have ownership of a TLD,and some of them, and a lot of
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the, you know the kind of thenature, especially like in
communities like and again notto pick on anybody, but
communities like Handshake,where there's a land race and
people are just buying up abunch of names.
You may have a portfolio fullof names that you just haven't
built anything out on yet anddon't know who your market is.
And again, like anytime one ofthese new TLDs pops out, it's
the first ones to come out andsay you stole what I own.
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Well, instead of kind of takingit that way, maybe take it as
them doing you a favor again.
You know, looking at howthey're marketing, how they're
attracting, how they're creatingvalue, may help you figure out
a plan for for for where you'vebeen lacking right on your own
TLD, but kind of getting off ofthat
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again.
I do have a personal experiencewith this.
I wanted to run through it kindof in an example of how to take
it as the glass half fullinstead of the glass half empty,
of how to take it as the glasshalf full instead of the glass
half empty, and then, yeah,hopefully inspire.
You know, obviously, you knowwe hope that there is a lot less
cases of this occurring.
You know we have tried to makeefforts, or at least pretended
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to try to make efforts, you know, to create, you know,
organizations and entities thatwouldn't infringe on people's
assets.
But I mean, since that's notworking, at least in this case
maybe you can get inspired forwhat to do in the event that
your name pops up somewhereelse.
So, again, as I mentioned amillion times before, one of the
TLDs that I own on the freename platform is dgen.
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Dgen itself is a really popularterm, right, it's a term that
is coined or is very popularwithin the crypto space.
It typically means you knowsomebody who's a gambler in the
space, which is a lot of us.
If you're playing with memecoins, if you're, you know aping
NFTs and flipping.
If you're doing all this funstuff, you know you're a degen,
(20:32):
right?
You're a degen right.
So the culture of being a degen, which at one point was seen as
kind of negative but now it'skind of seen as what it is, has
existed for quite some time.
So dgen was actually my firstTLD mint on Freename.
My very first TLD that I mintedon Freename when I discovered
them on their launch day overtwo years ago, was dgen, and I
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got a hell of a bargain on it.
I mean a hell of a bargain,right?
But in any event, my ownership,or my claim to ownership, again
goes back that far.
For any of you who are a memberor familiar with Warpcast or
Farcaster, the word djn is anextremely popular term for you,
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right?
Not sure why Yossik landed onDJ or how he came to that
conclusion, but yeah, agentleman named Yossik ended up
developing a token and acommunity called DJ that was
birthed.
The Warcast became a humongoustoken.
Yeah, itcast became a humongoustoken.
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Yeah, it still is a humongoustoken, to the point where they
even created their own L3blockchain on top of base.
Yeah, that big, that muchvolume, big community, lots of
farming probably drove a lot ofpeople to even use Warpcast in
the first place.
But despite all of that, my TLDmint on Freename predates the
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existence of both, I thinkWarpcast itself, but definitely
predates the existence of DGN.
That token.
Or Jacek ever thinking aboutcreating a namespace connected
to it?
And I don't think Jacek createda namespace.
Somebody elsedid.
And, with that being said, nomatter how much I want to tweet
or yell that or get insomebody's DM and say it, they
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don't care at all.
They launched DGN name servicelast year on the DGN blockchain
and, yeah, I had to watch it onTwitter.
Again, that feeling that someof you may feel like you're
close to feeling.
I felt that feeling and I knowhow it feels.
And again, so, being at thedoorstep of that and having to
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process this, I was actuallysurprised on how, I don't know.
I wouldn't even say I wouldeven say light, lightweight,
bullish, right, right, because,again, imitation best form of
frattery If you ever want astamp of approval for whether
you've got a prime TLD thatsomebody else might pay a
premium for seeing somebody elselaunch it and have a whole
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community backing and chantingit and making tweets and share
their names.
That's probably the best thingthat could possibly happen to
you making tweets and sharetheir names, it's probably the
best thing that could possiblyhappen to you, and that's kind
of really how I took it from thestart, and so one of the first
things I did obviously was, youknow, in the event that their
namespace happens to be moresuccessful than mine, I'm not
going to miss out on them gains.
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So I'm going to go try to mintsome grail to SLDs before
anybody else can, which we didActually, it was me and a
gentleman that was also veryvocal in the free name community
collector.
We discovered djian at the sametime and him and I minted some
pretty solid names on thatnamespace that we still own.
And in the event that it everbecomes something and again hear
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what I'm saying in the eventthat it ever becomes something,
I hope to flip those names tomake some money.
But that's something to keep inmind, right?
Because even though weinitially take something as oh
my God, this is the worst thingto happen to me.
Sometimes when it plays out, itactually does become a nothing
burger.
So, again, my reaction in thatname.
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In that case I actually posteda congratulations, I posted that
I minted I think Iscreenshotted or something and
shared one of the grill domainsthat I minted on that TLD.
And then I shared my TLD that Iown on Freename and put out
there.
You know, hey, I saw my namepop up somewhere else.
Congrats to them.
Whatever I'm paraphrasing,obviously I don't know my exact
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wording, but I was surprised bywhat happened after I posted
that tweet and that's againsurprised again by how I took it
.
But then, even that, what cameafter?
And when I posted that tweetand I posted my own djntld and I
posted a link to it, I actuallyended up getting some
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registrations that day and thatthrew me off because I'm like,
well, you know I'm posting thecompetition If it's doom and
gloom, if my TLD is dead, youknow nobody's going to want mine
as opposed tothere.
And then that's when the firstlight bulb kind of clicked is.
You know, if you, if you'redifferent, not everybody wants
something just because it'sthere, but some people may still
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align with the ethos.
They may love your tech betterright, or their favorite name
may be taken over there.
Or, as we've now discovered,moving forward, no one uses DGN
chain.
It sounded good at first.
I tried.
I was actually very bullish andvery active on Warcast at this
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time so again, minted some oftheir dgens.
I've never used one once, Idon't even know where they
resolved.
So again, no one uses degenchain outside of that core
community in Warcast.
That one day may change.
I don't know what that team ifthere even is a team has going
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on, but that TLB only had valuein that community in that single
moment.
Overreacting to it and seeingit as doom and gloom would have
been would have been stupid onmy part because I would have
missed out on the rest of theworld that keeps moving forward.
Yeah, the market for them isdead.
Yeah, the market for them isdead Again.
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If they are able to buildsomething and create, you know,
a market for any use case forthis TLD, I hope to sell the
ones that I got for for apremium, but in the meantime,
yeah, they're just souvenirs,right?
So is this really competition?
And so thethe?
The first point that I want tomake is, again, one of the best
things that you can do in theevent that you wake up and you
see your asset launch somewhere,is step back, breathe, and then
what they say is D-Y-O-R, andthat's do your own research on
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who, what was launched, who theyappeal to, and then kind of
slow down and see if it's evencompetition in the first place.
And again, if you're notbuilding with your TLD, if it's
been sitting dormant in yourwallet and you know this, you
know, take this opportunity tostudy them and see how they
manage and create a market foryour TLD, because they've
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already done the hard part foryou, which is prove that someone
else outside of you thinks thatthat TLD is cool.
So and that's the same thingthat I did, right, so paid
attention to what they weredoing again, got registrations
after I posted the fact that theother dgen TLD existed, which
let me know and reminded me,after doing my research again,
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what I said at the beginning ofthis space DGEN as a culture,
dgen as a word, has existed farbeyond that community and that
token, and although it is veryeasy for them to create a
namespace and a value withinthat community, there's still a
wider DGEN community that we'reable to appeal to, and so,
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instead of focusing on that,focus on how to appeal to that
wider community.
You know, one of the thingsthat you know I've put out there
that I'm working on andbuilding with my TLD is I plan
on integrating my dg and TLDinto a future gaming development
where the TLD will be used forrewards, token game memberships
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and building up the value thatway can gain memberships and
building up the value that wayand, again, creating something
in a completely differentecosystem, creating a completely
different consumer base on acompletely different technology
and a blockchain, because, again, we're being built by a
multi-million dollar companythat has a team of 30 plus
people who are dedicated tobuilding out a blockchain name
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service that maybe one day willintegrate with I can and create
real world tlds, and that thingis something that was created by
some dude who is a dev and justfelt like doing something one
day.
Right, um, so again, um, maybe.
So, just taking that in context, again, staying focused on your
mission, building out somethingthat could create value to the
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general space, and then maybeeven and I gave this example as
well in the workshop yesterdaythere are potentially going to
be opportunities if you'remaking enough noise and building
enough value.
If you're making enough noiseand building enough value and
again, our product is going tocontinue to become stronger
while your competition might bestruggling to create a market,
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maybe you'll have an opportunityto one day exit to that person,
right?
So for many of us who havelarge portfolios of TLDs, this
is I mean, this is a holy grailsituation for you.
You should, actually, if youown hundreds of TLDs on
FreeNamer anywhere, the besthope that you possibly have
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would be to one day look up andsee that UD has launched that
TLD, because now you can go makesome noise and dig in their
backyard and make them want tobuy you.
That's your market, right?
And I've said this.
I mean I swear to you, I'vesaid this on other spaces.
You know we've had thisconversation before and we've.
You know now it's a little bitmore real.
They're popping them out likepopcorn.
But back then it was the fearof this happening and we were
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going through the DOTSATsituation and we saw how that
played out and again I gave myopinion then that that was the
best possible outcome for theowner of DOTsat on a handshake,
just keeping it a buck, likewhat else could have been done
with that TLD.
But, understanding your value,right, you own a TLD on a
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blockchain that cannot be erased, right?
No legal entity on earth canwipe it away.
It's going to be a pain in thebooty for anybody who's trying
to create a market.
Otherwise, especially if you'revery loud and vocal about it,
you can create a market forsomeone to acquire you.
If your asset has value, thencommunicate that value to the
person who's trying to buildwith that asset somewhere else,
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if you know you're not going tobuild on it and there's an
opportunity there.
So, again, you've got astockpile of TLDs.
Best thing that could possiblyhappen for you is for somebody
to one day pop out and announceit on Twitter, because there you
go.
Now you've got somebody's DMs,you can jump in immediately.
So yeah, again, one of the bigpotential things I think that we
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always should look at is waysto collaborate, ways to build,
create our own markets and,again, ways to add value so that
you don't have to pay attentionto anything else that's popping
in thespace.
So yeah, at the end of the day,kind of the wrap up of all
three of these spaces, is thatall you can do, because it's, as
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I said, it's not going tohappen to everybody.
But, again, if you've got, ifyou were in any of these
platforms earlier, you've gotsome Grail names, they're Grails
to you, they're Grails tosomebody else.
So it's going to happen one day.
Your day is coming right andit's not anyone's fault.
Well, I mean to an extent,right, it definitely ain't
FreeNames' fault, right.
I mean to an extent, right, itdefinitely ain't FreeNames'
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fault, right.
And, as I said, like, dependingon the type of partnership, the
type of opportunity, it mayeven be beneficial for some of
these other namespaces to createthese partnerships and build on
these TLDs.
So, again, in those situations,I wouldn't say it's a fault,
even though it's still a toestep.
It's just a progression of thespace.
So, again, it's probably goingto happen to you if you got a
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good name, and that's not thatbad.
But at the end of the day, ifyour day comes, all you can do
is have faith in yourinvestments, blast that faith
from the rooftops, establishyour market and then build with
your head down.
That's really all you can do.
And as long as you're doingthat, your tribe will find you,
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people will find you, your valuewill find you Again, even
advertising my competition, Istill attracted men from my TLD
because everyone's not attractedto everything.
Everything doesn't fit everyone.
If you build something andyou're the only thing that works
in the thing that you build,then you're the only option that
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people will have.
So there are many ways for youto make and create value for
yourTLD.
Big spaces that we actually hadyesterday with Freename was
kind of on that subject matter,about the power of DApps and
again, big thing about DApps isthe ability to create your own
environment where you'recurating experiences for users
that are coming there, and a lotof those users are going to be
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afraid of the crypto space ingeneral and so their only
engagement or their onlyinteraction with the space may
be through that D app.
Right, understand, when you'redealing with a wider crypto
space, you have to know things,like you know contract addresses
and making sure they're rightor not, and whether something's
a rug or not, or if it'sverified on OpenSea.
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But like if you, if you're anewbie coming into space, you
just get a dry wallet and someWeb site addresses.
It's a very scary place.
But when you're in the appslike Coinbase, when you're in
the apps like ones that exist in, you know, in the DeFi space,
those curated experiences.
You know, if you trust the app,you trust everything in it.
You don't got to check thosethings because it's already been
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checked.
And again, you're building yourown D apps.
You're integrating your domainnames and your TLD into them.
What else are they going to use?
So focus on building, focus onyour mission, not your
condition.
Hopefully, these last threespaces kind of close the book on
whether or not it meansanything if your name pops up
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somewhere else.
Again, the opportunity here isdifferent, right?
So in a lot of circumstances,seeing those TLDs pop up
somewhere else, seeing thoserelationships and those
partnerships pop up somewhereelse, can potentially create a
market for you and you shouldlook at it that way.
So, yeah, hopefully you guysenjoyed these last couple of
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tech talks.
We're going to start shiftingback to digging into individual
utility next week on the nextweek through the main
workshop.
Again, if you are in the VIPcommunity, we do these on
Thursdays.
These are done via Google meet,where you're able to attend
live, ask questions, anyquestions that you possibly have
, and we dig into these, youknow, as a community, as a group
, and then here we do these onFriday so we can spread the
(35:14):
knowledge and spread the loveagain, so that we can all
cohesively build, learn and growoutside of this bubble.
So, yeah, look forward totalking to you guys soon, as
this is with every Friday, rightafter this Spaces, we are going
to be on the Web 3, the Main'sWell Talk with Freename.
It's going to be at 8 o'clockCST with me and Paige Howe.
(35:35):
So definitely invite you guysall to pull up for the free name
spaces.
But, yeah, thank you forattending another Tech Talk.
This will be available onpodcast pretty soon.
Talk to you later, thank youguys.
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