ICANN opened application period for new gTLD applicants

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@hitchhooker

to be frank as much as that industry is in need of disruption, I don’t think that becoming a tier-1 backbone provider is realistic at all.

I agree. Mission creep and expensive as well.

No one optimistic about Polkadot should think that investing in becoming a backbone provider could generate returns better than investing in “core” projects…

@hitchhooker

it’s good to understand here that obtaining an asset like gtld is a good opportunity to generate revenue through registration sales

I agree about the registrar. I meant if $100K was required for registrar + backbone provider business - it’d take years to build it so it’d mean $500-$1,000 K over years. The odds of recouping those costs would seem slim to me.