First Registry Accepting Bitcoin Payment

San Francisco, CA-  .Build, the new Top Level Domain (TLD) for internet domain names announced it will now accept bitcoin as a payment method from its customers. Registrars that would like to pay their monthly bill now have an option in our electronic invoicing system...
Domain names 101: learn more about the DNS

Domain names 101: learn more about the DNS

What is a domain name?  Most of us use them throughout the day without stopping to think about their importance and how they work.  Our interface of entering and searching for companies and information has us relying on words (i.e. domain names) not numbers (i.e. IP...

Last Chance for a .build Landrush application

Hello Builders! After nearly 120 days, our Sunrise Period and Landrush are both almost over.  It’s almost hard to believe that we will be in our General Availability (GA) period on Tuesday April 29th! It took almost three years of planning and development to get here!...

ICANN meeting #49 in Singapore

The 49th meeting of ICANN will be held in Singapore starting tomorrow March 23rd -Thursday the 27th. http://singapore49.icann.org/en In addition to the business at hand of new registries launching, there will be much discussion around the NTIA’s announcement to...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Internet turns 25

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Internet turns 25

On March 12th 2014, the Internet turns 25 years old.  It’s hard to believe on one hand how young the internet is, and that it is already 25 years old.  We’ve come to accept it as a given that it’s always there and always growing and improving.  .BUILD wishes many...

.BUILD brings on Internet industry veteran

George Minardos, Founder and CEO of .BUILD, announced today that Tim Switzer, formerly of Neustar and DotGreen, is joining .BUILD as head of operations and registrar relations.  Switzer will team up with Minardos, Tom Brackey, ARI Services and the rest of the .BUILD...