Changes

In a blog post dated October 28, 2015, writer [[Kevin Murphy]] revealed that the registry would start an Early Access Launch model for some of the [[TLD]]s it provides back-end, technical support for.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/19518-now-uniregistry-shifts-to-early-access-launch-model Now Uniregistry shifts to Early Access launch model. Retrieved 30 Oct 2015.]</ref>

In a blog post dated October 28, 2015, writer [[Kevin Murphy]] revealed that the registry would start an Early Access Launch model for some of the [[TLD]]s it provides back-end, technical support for.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/19518-now-uniregistry-shifts-to-early-access-launch-model Now Uniregistry shifts to Early Access launch model. Retrieved 30 Oct 2015.]</ref>

==Company Values==

==Company Values==

Commentators have noted that the DOJ could just as easily prosecute the ICANN Auctions of Last resort, though ICANN would have significant funds obtained via these auctions and the application process to defend itself via legal proceedings.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12316-did-uniregistry-over-sell-the-auction-antitrust-risk Did Uniregistry Over Sell the Auction Antitrust Risk, DomainIncite.com]Published 20 March 2013, Retrieved 29 march 2013</ref>

Commentators have noted that the DOJ could just as easily prosecute the ICANN Auctions of Last resort, though ICANN would have significant funds obtained via these auctions and the application process to defend itself via legal proceedings.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12316-did-uniregistry-over-sell-the-auction-antitrust-risk Did Uniregistry Over Sell the Auction Antitrust Risk, DomainIncite.com]Published 20 March 2013, Retrieved 29 march 2013</ref>

==Management Team==

==April 2021 - Combined TLD and Etherium Name Service Token Auctions==

UniRegistry's team include: <ref>[http://uniregistry.link/meet-the-team/ The Team]</ref>

Uniregistry announced its intention to auction its new gTLD portfolio in January 2021<ref>[https://goldsteinreport.com/uniregistry-offload-23-new-gtlds-auction/ Goldstein Report - Uniregistry to Offload 23 New gTLDs via Auction on 28 April], January 29, 2021</ref> UNR subsequently announced that it intended to also transfer [[Ethereum Name Service]] (ENS) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) associated with each gTLD to the successful bidders for each TLD.<ref name="nftpr">[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nfts-of-25-unr-top-level-domains-minted-on-the-ethereum-name-service-301259715.html PR Newswire - NFTs of 25 UNR Top Level Domains Minted on the Ethereum Name Service], March 31, 2021</ref> The object of creating ENS tokens was to create ENS "domains" for cryptocurrency transactions and human-readable wallet IDs:

* [[Frank Schilling]], Founder & Managing Director

* [[Vern Jurovich]], Chief Operating Officer

 

* [[Bret Fausett]], Registry President and General Counsel

"UNR is opening the scarce asset class of Top Level Domains to the public, which brings existing cash flow and numerous new monetization models to future owners, including control of the NFTs on the blockchain," said Shayan Rostam, Chief Growth Officer of UNR. "We are on the cutting edge; it's unlikely that these assets will ever take part in an event of this magnitude again."<ref name="nftpr" /></blockquote>

* [[Amanda Fessenden]], Director of Registry Business Operations

 

* [[Jeff Gabriel]] VP Sales

The auction, scheduled for April 28, resulted in the sale of 22 of the 23 TLDs originally advertised. For unclear reasons, [[.hiphop]] was not sold via auction. "Web3" and cryptocurrency adherents saw the auction as "another interesting use case for NFTs that...show just one way that people are continuing to expand their use cases."<ref>[https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/04/16/ens-is-minting-nfts-of-23-top-level-domains-heres-what-that-means/ CoinDesk.com - ENS is Minting NFTs of 23 Top Level Domains - Here's what that Means], April 16, 2021</ref> However, the bundling of the NFTs with the TLDs created concerns at ICANN. In the wake of the auction, as assignment requests were submitted to ICANN by either UNR or the winning bidders, ICANN org submitted questions to UNR regarding the interrelationship between the ENS NFTs and the TLDs. ICANN's investigation of these issues is ongoing as of December 2021.<ref name="determination">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/reconsideration-21-3-dot-hip-hop-bamc-recommendation-request-16dec21-en.pdf Exhibit A, ICANN Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee Determination re: Urgent Consideration of Reconsideration Request 21-3], December 16, 2021</ref> Industry news outlets noted that the bundling of the NFTs may have caused incurable problems for all of the assignment requests.<ref>[https://domainnamewire.com/2021/12/21/nfts-trip-up-uniregistrys-top-level-domain-auctions/ Domain Name Wire - NFTs Trip up Uniregistry's Top Level Domain Auctions], December 21, 2021</ref>

* [[Daniel Adamson]], Sales Director

 

* [[Ryan Smith]], Head of Registrar Engineering

* [[John Berryhill]] PhD, John Berryhill Llc

The Ethereum Name Service is compatible with the [[DNS]], and if a domain owner wants to utilize their web address as an Ethereum wallet address, they must enable DNSSEC protocols on the domain, add an "_ens" record to the DNS records of the domain through their registrar, and complete additional steps to establish the connection between a specific wallet and the associated human-readable name.<ref name"dnstoens">[https://medium.com/the-ethereum-name-service/step-by-step-guide-to-importing-a-dns-domain-name-to-ens-d2d15feb03e8 Medium.com - Step-by-Step Guide to importing a DNS domain name to ENS], August 26, 2021</ref> It is possible that this technical interoperation is the source of ICANN's concern regarding the bundling of an ENS NFT with a TLD. However, this cross-compatability exists in the status quo now, so it is unclear how bundling the right to act as an "ENS registry" for a specific domain is independently problematic.

* [[Cristin Brouillard]], John Berryhill Llc

 

* [[Ying Han]], SVP/Director of Technical Operations

* [[Mari Jo Keukelaar]], John Berryhill Llc

In response to ICANN's requests for information, Uniregistry at some point notified ICANN that the NFTs related to the TLDs had been destroyed.<ref name="jjblog">[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/relying-on-icann-community-developed-processes-for-a-safe-secure-internet-5-1-2022-en ICANN.org Blog - Relying on ICANN Community Developed Processes for a Safe and Secure Internet], January 5, 2022</ref> This did not appear to assuage ICANN's concerns regarding the marketing of the auction.<ref name="jjblog" /> Indeed, ICANN's public response to the community indicated that it was more concerned about the marketing materials that conflated "assignment" of Uniregistry's rights with "ownership" of a particular TLD. Industry observers pointed out that this was both common parlance for registry operators, and in any event was best described as puffery.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffery Wikipedia - Puffery]</ref><ref>[https://domainnamewire.com/2022/01/13/icann-explains-its-side-of-unr-registry-transfer-holdup/ Domain Name Wire - ICANN Explains its Side of the UNR Transfer Holdup], January 13, 2022</ref>

* [[John Smrekar II]], VP Partner Operations

* [[Joanna Stevens]], JLS Consulting

==References==

==References==