Bitcoin Domains? Why Spaces Protocol Treats @gaming Like a Root, Not a JPEG
On January 7, 2025 the curious@bitcoin channel titled a video the question every Bitcoiner eventually types into a search bar: Bitcoin domains?
Fees were a few sats per vbyte. Price was knocking on $100k. The Spaces explorer showed live auctions that looked like a domain aftermarket with worse fonts and better finality: @gaming climbing through hundreds of thousands of sats, @ask and @hello over a million, @nfl cheap enough to feel like a mistake, a cat punycode drawing a stupid amount of coin, and a row of xn-- strings waiting to be decoded into emoji.
The host said the protocol might be a scam. He also said .io sold for tens of millions in the old world and that @ask reminded him of Ask Jeeves. Both instincts belong in the same post. Naming on Bitcoin is either the next obvious layer after sound money, or it is Runes with punctuation.
Spaces Protocol is the attempt to make it the first thing. This piece takes that explorer session seriously, updates it for mainnet handles, and tells you what to do if you want a name that is not a GoDaddy invoice.
https://bitbane.com/bitcoin-domains-why-spaces-protocol-treats-gaming-like-a-root-not-a-jpeg/
#Bitcoin #SpacesProtocol #BitcoinNames #BitcoinDomains #youbitcoin #Nacho #Nostr #SelfCustody #BitcoinIdentity #SovereignNames
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