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.network Is Not .net: Identity Digital's ~111k Names, Web3 Infra Roofs—and a 1985 History That Never Happened
~111k names on Identity Digital's Nomulus stack—not 1985, not millions. Trixy Manor/Donuts delegated Aug 2014; GA day 3,055. Oct 2025 wholesale +12.39%. Verified roofs from pocket.network to contour.network—and why the old guide's speedtest.network, fake NameBio comps, and AIO boilerplate failed audit.
.cloud Puts Infrastructure in the Hostname: Aruba's Registry, wp.cloud's B2B Canonical, and Why Engineers Still Pick .io/.dev
~760k names, Aruba PEC S.p.A. on Tucows backend, private 2014 contention auction, verified roofs from wp.cloud to food.cloud—and why the old guide's duplicate sales/sites list, "real estate" investing fluff, and AIO CTR boilerplate failed audit.
.net Is Verisign's Shrinking Sidecar: 12.5M Names Stalled While .com Grows — and Wholesale Now Costs More
DNIB Q2 2026: 12.5M .net flat for three quarters while .com hit 166.6M. Peak was 15.0M (Dec 2014), not "~16M in 2015." Wholesale $11.66 since Feb 2024—above .com's $10.26. Same Verisign DNS stack, opposite momentum—and why the old guide's AIO boilerplate and "Plan B" brochure failed audit.