Ethereum Name Service (.ETH)
An alternative domain zone based on the use of blockchain technologies. Domains in this zone are used primarily to facilitate cryptocurrency transactions. And although it is also possible to create sites on alternative domains, such sites are not accessible from regular browsers.
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2022: 437K domains
According to The Defiant, September 2022 was extremely successful for an alternative.ETH (Ethereum Name Service) domain based on the Ethereum blockchain. As of the end of September, the number of domain names registered in.ETH exceeded 437 thousand, and the number of renewals of registrations amounted to more than 45 thousand. Both indicators are a record for an alternative domain for its entire existence. Short names are in particular demand in.ETH, as in traditional domain zones. And transactions with them are already largely comparable in amounts to transactions of the "ordinary" domain market - especially against the background of its decline. So, in the last September week alone, domains 408.eth, 242.eth and 468.eth were sold for at least 40 ETH each, which is at least 52 thousand dollars at the exchange rate at the time of the conclusion of transactions.