Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web
Bluesky says the proposed domain would let users turn social handles into portable personal web addresses, and the company has no plans to sell them.
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Bluesky's Bid for .bsky: A Long Shot at True Online Identity Ownership
Bluesky applied for .bsky as a top-level domain to shorten user handles and deepen ties to the open web. The ICANN process will take 18-24 months, but the move underscores the company's commitment to user-owned identities over rented platform accounts.
Bluesky Applies For .bsky Domain To Give Users Shorter Online Identities
Bluesky has applied to create “.bsky” as a new internet top-level domain, potentially allowing users to replace longer handles such as “sarahp.bsky.social” with shorter addresses like “sarahp.bsky.” The application has not yet been approved, and the process could take between 18 and 24 months. CEO Toni Schneider announced the application ahead of ICANN publishing applications […]
Bluesky wants to secure its own top-level domain. As CEO Toni Schneider has announced, the company has officially applied for the .bsky extension. If the application should go through,...To post: Bluesky: Own top-level domain .bsky applied Where to follow us: Facebook, Reddit, Google News, X, Threads Keep up to date? Adds us to Google as the preferred source!
Bluesky has submitted his candidacy to ICANN to obtain the top-level domain .bsky, which would allow him to offer his users user-type identifiers.bsky that work both as a user name on the platform and as a real web address. Sarah Perez confirms it on TechCrunch. The approval process for a user-type... Continue reading »The Bluesky news asks ICANN for the .bsky domain: Decentralized identity with its own extension was originally published on Wwwh…
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