Crypto

The strings here are more often names than words: a chain, its token or its ticker. .avax, .cspr, .sol and .xmr were recorded from announcements that name the chains behind them: Avalanche, the Casper Association, Solana and Monero.

Thirteen more joined when ICANN published its list, and most of their applications say what the string is. .ada and .cardano are one application, which describes ada as the native asset of the Cardano blockchain. .ethereum is defined as the blockchain platform, .icp as the Internet Computer Protocol, .sui as the Sui network, .usdt as a stablecoin and .zec as short for Zcash. The applicant for .tron and .trx describes them as a crypto and Web3 brand, .ape is defined as the community around ApeCoin and ApeChain, .did as decentralized identifiers and .tkns as an abbreviation of tokens. .defi is named only as a replacement string, so no application defines it; it is here as the common short form of decentralized finance.

An applicant’s own reading decides. .ether and .ethers are not members, because both applications define ether as a medium in space. .bnb is not one either: both of its applicants define it as bed and breakfast. .hype has two applicants and two readings, the native token of a blockchain and the English word for publicity, so it is not a member.

A string that is a company’s own name is left out of every group on this tracker, so .ledger, .okx, .ripple and .tether are not here.

.coin, .crypto and .wallet are also in finance, because Radix publishes its own portfolio grouped into seven categories and puts those three under Finance. Both readings are true of the word, so both are recorded.

.bit sits here rather than under technology, where Radix and ShortDot both place it, because the string has a longer history as a blockchain naming system than as an abbreviation.

Strings that only look like members are listed in excluded and stay out. .rabbit and .orbit contain the letters of .bit, and .fitbit is a brand of fitness devices.