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Comment by lukebennett | Hacker News Reader

I've often thought a .js TLD would be useful but given it would be dependent on a new country being formed and taking that as its ISO country code, I guess it's unlikely.

So perhaps this is the next best thing. Though would be nice to have a bit more transparency about who is behind it.

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It doesn't have to be an independent country, autonomous regions also get 2-letter TLDs.

So all it takes is for Brazil to declare Jaraguá do Sul [1] an autonomous city-state. The local government can then apply for the .js TLD and start getting rich by selling domains to developers. Simple as pie!

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaraguá_do_Sul

Speak of JS, Jiangsu in China is also an option.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu

What about micronations? Buy an island, declare independence, get a TLD.

Unfortunately it requires becoming party to the International Court of Justice which requires Security Council approval. This is why Sealand doesn't have a TLD.

The two things I hear from HN about new gTLDs are that they're a pointless cash grab and that it would be really nice to have a .js domain for javascript projects.

"given it would be dependent on a new country being formed and taking that as its ISO country code, I guess it's unlikely"

is that true anymore?

I think so - ICANN prohibit the creation of 2-letter TLDs. From http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faq...:

2.12 Can a New gTLD name be 2 letters?

Applied-for gTLD strings in ASCII must be composed of three or more visually distinct characters. Two-character ASCII strings are not permitted, to avoid conflicting with current and future country-codes based on the ISO 3166-1 standard.

ah, right ok. thanks!

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