Just as the tide helps to sink all ships, the growth of bitcoin influences a lot of processes connected with crypto currency. Video card manufacturers and mining companies are not the only lucky ones who now take advantage of the take-off of bitcoin prices. Domain names that contain the word bitcoin in their names have also become unusually popular. Vendors ask for domains with the name of bitcoin hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the price of individual copies is measured in millions.
Bitcoin in public domains
The popularity of Bitcoin's brand soared along with its market capitalization. However, those wishing to purchase a memorable name for the site will have to shell out a decent amount of money. The best domains with the name Bitcoin (such as bitcoin.com or bitcoin.org) have long been occupied, and some available copies cost a lot of money. For example, the domain bitcoin.tv was estimated at $ 350,000. By the way, just two weeks ago this domain was estimated at $ 275,000 - another proof that the growth of the bitcoin rate is dragged with everything that is somehow connected with the crypto currency.
The domain name provider, Uniregister, offers people who want to enjoy their self-esteem with the popular site name of several bitoin-based names. Ambitious buyers who do not dare to spend 350 thousand dollars on the domain bitcoin.tv, can acquire a name cheaper - for example, bitcoin.car at a cost of $ 2,888.
And what about the blockade?
It's good or bad, but this year the term 'blockade' has become almost the most popular and fashionable word. Therefore, hardly anyone will be surprised that the names based on the block are also in great demand. A person who does not regret paying $ 2.75 million for the name blockchain.us, it's better to create a killer application in advance, using this underlying bitcoin technology to at least somehow justify your investments.
Not too prodigal fans of the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto also have something to please - their services offer a domain name satoshitobitcoin.com worth $ 8,500.
Domains in short supply
However, the sky-high price of domains does not mean that they will find their customers. It's hard to imagine that anyone will agree to shell out $ 1.5 million for names like cryptocurrencyoffers, cryptocurrencyhacked or cryptocurrencyvillas.
It should also be noted that although bitcoin is the leader in the capitalization of the crypto-currency market, it takes the second place in regard to domain names, giving way to the second most popular coin, the Efirium. So, wishing to acquire the name ethereum.com will have to pay for it as much as $ 10 million. And although this URL is still free, the eth.com domain was sold in October for 2 million.
On the other hand, the domain name Bitcoin.casino was sold in March of this year for only $ 28,000. If the seller waited a little, now he would have all chances to sell the domain much more expensive. Nevertheless, despite the high prices of domains, up to the record highs, bitcoin is far away - the highest price in history was paid for the domain name Lasvegas.com and amounted to $ 90 million.
The most complete historical selection of transactions with domain names containing popular crypto-currency terms can be seen on this site. Unfortunately, it has not been updated for more than a year.
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