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    151 year ago

    TLD - Top Level Domain (.com .ml .whatever)

    Registrar - NameCheap, PorkBun, etc. Submits your domain.TLD request to a Registry

    Registry - Maintains the list of domains for a specific TLD and the server infrastructure to run the TLD

    ICANN - Decides who can be a Registry and for which TLD. Not involved in the nitty gritty of individual domain names.

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      11 year ago

      How is that decision made? How hard would it be for a group of amateurs to make an rog and try to be a registry or registrar.