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What is Block.one, the company that just paid a record-breaking $30m for the voice.com domain name?

Posted by EightRoundsRapid
Tags: social media, domain names, blockchain, block one, voice dot com, author.kieren mccarthy, source.theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2019/06/20/voice_com_domain_purchase/

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Title
A $4bn biz without a live product just broke the record for the amount paid for a domain name. WTF is going on?
Published
Jun 20 2019
Word count
1116 words

3 comments

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    patience_limited
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    Time to spawn another junk e-mail account just so I can sign up and see what kind of scam it is. I've followed the crypto hustle for a while, and it's provided never-ending insight into the...

    Time to spawn another junk e-mail account just so I can sign up and see what kind of scam it is. I've followed the crypto hustle for a while, and it's provided never-ending insight into the extremes of human cupidity.

    3 votes
    1. yar
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      cupidity n. Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice. n. An eager desire to possess something; inordinate desire; immoderate craving, especially for wealth or power; greed....

      cupidity

      cupidity

      n.
Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.
n.
An eager desire to possess something; inordinate desire; immoderate craving, especially for wealth or power; greed.
n.
Specifically, sexual love.

      Good word. You learn something new everyday.

      3 votes
  2. sqew
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    Block.one seems like an absolutely fascinating exercise in hype with nothing to back it all up. I’ll be interested to see what happens to them (and, if my hunch is right based on the article, to...

    Block.one seems like an absolutely fascinating exercise in hype with nothing to back it all up. I’ll be interested to see what happens to them (and, if my hunch is right based on the article, to see some nice postmortem articles).

    2 votes