No one should ever, ever register a third level domain like this. 100% dependent on the second level domain owner.https://twitter.com/EpikDotCom/status/1100432160576757761 …
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They get sovereignty on other domains too. By going with this third level domain, they're depending on Verisign *and* Epik. (and Tuvalu if you want to get technical)
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