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ICANN contention set

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ICANN lists .bit in 11 applications

ICANN's Reveal Day list places .bit in contention set 26.

Primary · 11

Applicant names and statuses are shown as ICANN lists them, read on 7 October 2026. Open ICANN's list

6 applicants claimed this string in public before Reveal Day, across 8 records.

Claimed before Reveal Day

Kept as history. Each record links to where the claim was made and says whether an entry in ICANN's list has been matched to it.

Reported by a publication Listed by ICANN for .bit

Claimed: .aid, .all, .ask, .beta, .bit, .bnb, .cart, .ciao, .daily, .demo, .easy, .fix, .gaming, .gen, .genius, .gym, .happy, .hello, .hola, .human, .kit, .lab, .mars, .max, .moon, .omg, .pec, .pop, .rem, .roma, .sign, .sito, .super, .tag, .tex, .vps, .yes, .zen, .zzz

The company applied for the following strings as primary or replacement: aid, all, ask, beta, bit, bnb, cart, ciao, daily, demo, easy, fix, gaming, gen, genius, gym, happy, hello, hola, human, kit, lab, mars, max, moon, omg, pec, pop, rem, roma, sign, sito, super, tag, tex, vps, yes, zen, zzz

Source: Exclusive: Aruba applies for 39 top level domain strings · Domain Name Wire

Announced by the applicant Listed by ICANN for .bit

Claimed: .ace, .age, .agi, .aid, .aim, .air, .amp, .api, .ask, .big, .bit, .bold, .bro, .core, .crew, .dig, .dna, .duo, .ego, .era, .eye, .fab, .fam, .find, .fix, .flex, .gem, .gen, .get, .gig, .glow, .goat, .good, .gym, .heal, .hero, .hey, .hip, .hit, .hub, .icon, .inn, .jet, .key, .lab, .let, .lit, .max, .mcp, .mix, .mood, .moon, .mvp, .neo, .omg, .owl, .pod, .pop, .root, .see, .set, .slay, .solo, .soon, .sub, .tag, .tap, .try, .uni, .unit, .vibe, .way, .why, .wild, .xoxo, .xxl, .yay, .yes, .zen, .zzz

ShortDot (Ireland) Limited, the applicant entity within the ShortDot group, has submitted 40 applications to ICANN's 2026 New gTLD Program. Collectively, the applications contain 40 primary applied-for strings and 40 designated replacement strings.

Source: The ShortDot 80: 40 applications, 80 proposed strings · ShortDot

Announced by the applicant Stated primary Listed by ICANN for .bit

Claimed: .advisory, .agent, .agentic, .agi, .asi, .atelier, .biotech, .bit, .brand, .coin, .collective, .creator, .crypto, .etc, .fintech, .firm, .fix, .flow, .founder, .hub, .intelligence, .invest, .labs, .mart, .mcp, .merch, .mind, .neo, .official, .pharma, .platform, .pod, .podcast, .portfolio, .profile, .project, .quantum, .research, .robotics, .stack, .therapy, .vibe, .wallet, .wealth, .wellness, .zen

Radix Deux is Radix's round two: 46 primary applications for new top-level domains, submitted in ICANN's 2026 new gTLD application round.

Source: Radix Deux press resources: 46 primary applications · Radix

Announced by the applicant Not yet matched to an applicant in ICANN's list for .bit

Claimed: .bit, .ion

We have applied for .bit and .ion. We will be excited to operate these TLDs

Source: We have applied for .bit and .ion · Youness Kasmi on X

Reported by a publication Stated primary Listed by ICANN for .bit

Claimed: .anime, .bit, .bug, .cancel, .dine, .dragon, .ghost, .glitch, .hack, .heart, .king, .loop, .manga, .moon, .panda, .puff, .queen, .sign, .spice, .stack, .stay, .super, .weed, .wire, .zzz

Elsewhere, the CEOs of registrars Porkbun and Dynadot, Ray King and Todd Han, have reportedly formed a new entity called Oinkadot to apply for 25 strings: .anime, .bit, .bug, .cancel, .dine, .dragon, .ghost, .glitch, .hack, .heart, .king, .loop, .manga, .moon, .panda, .puff, .queen, .sign, .spice, .stack, .stay, .super, .weed, .wire and .zzz.

Source: New gTLDs: what we do and don't know about the 2026 round · Domain Incite

Announced by the applicant Listed by ICANN for .bit

Claimed: .acc, .act, .add, .agentic, .agi, .air, .ais, .algo, .all, .alpha, .anon, .any, .api, .artist, .asap, .asi, .atom, .auth, .bad, .bag, .base, .big, .bill, .bit, .block, .bnb, .boom, .borg, .brain, .brand, .btc, .cap, .cart, .cast, .ccc, .cell, .chain, .change, .coaching, .coin, .collective, .commerce, .commercial, .con, .connect, .core, .craft, .create, .creative, .cyber, .dao, .dapp, .ddd, .demo, .dian, .dna, .donate, .dream, .drone, .drop, .earn, .easy, .electric, .end, .enter, .epic, .era, .etc, .ether, .eye, .fab, .factory, .fart, .feed, .fight, .file, .find, .firm, .flow, .form, .freedom, .ftw, .future, .gate, .gear, .gen, .genius, .get, .gmi, .goat, .god, .good, .gpt, .gram, .great, .grow, .gym, .hack, .haha, .happy, .hard, .heal, .hello, .hey, .hire, .hit, .hodl, .hop, .hope, .hub, .human, .hunt, .hype, .iam, .icon, .idea, .iii, .index, .industry, .inf, .intelligence, .inter, .internet, .invest, .ion, .itis, .itiswhatitis, .jet, .jjj, .join, .kek, .key, .king, .kit, .know, .labs, .learn, .lfg, .light, .line, .links, .list, .llm, .logistics, .long, .look, .loop, .luck, .machine, .made, .magic, .main, .make, .mall, .mark, .mars, .mart, .mate, .math, .matrix, .max, .mech, .mega, .merch, .met, .mind, .mine, .mmm, .mode, .model, .moon, .more, .mvp, .nano, .near, .need, .neo, .nft, .nice, .nil, .not, .npc, .nsfw, .nutrition, .official, .oid, .okay, .omg, .only, .orb, .order, .organization, .out, .outlet, .pal, .park, .pass, .pax, .phi, .planet, .platform, .pod, .podcast, .point, .pop, .port, .portal, .pos, .pot, .pow, .power, .ppp, .print, .private, .product, .project, .protocol, .pump, .pure, .push, .qqq, .quant, .quantum, .quick, .qwe, .raw, .real, .research, .resort, .retail, .rev, .ride, .robot, .robotics, .rrr, .sat, .scale, .scan, .sci, .sea, .see, .sell, .send, .set, .share, .ship, .sign, .sim, .slop, .soft, .soul, .source, .sov, .sss, .stack, .start, .state, .stay, .stem, .stock, .stuff, .sub, .super, .sure, .swap, .sys, .tada, .tag, .tap, .tea, .text, .the, .therapy, .thing, .think, .this, .time, .tldr, .token, .toy, .train, .tree, .true, .truth, .ttt, .uni, .url, .use, .uuu, .verse, .vibe, .view, .viral, .virtual, .visit, .vvv, .want, .water, .way, .wear, .well, .wellness, .what, .wild, .will, .wise, .wiz, .xbt, .yea, .yes, .yyy, .zap, .zec, .zen, .zoom, .zzz

The largest ICANN applicant in history. Explore 300+ proposed gTLDs for a modern internet.

Source: The namespace: 316 TLDs · Link Freedom Group

Announced by the applicant Listed by ICANN for .bit

Claimed: .agi, .bit, .block, .boom, .brand, .btc, .cart, .coin, .core, .god, .internet, .kek, .lfg, .llm, .mall, .merch, .mvp, .nft, .nil, .omg, .pop, .portal, .quantum, .robot, .truth, .url, .zen

Link Freedom Group announced a landmark submission of more than 300 proposed TLDs, representing tens of millions of dollars in application fees and the largest TLD submission on record.

Source: Link Freedom Group Announces Unprecedented Investment in ICANN Top-Level Domain Applications · Link Freedom Group via PR Newswire

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