who is bitcoin.com
Is http://www.bitcoin.com a valid implementation of the bitcoin protocol? How are they able to use the name? Does anyone know who is behind it?
It’s not related to our project. Apparently it’s some company called Bitcoin Ltd. The page has been saying “alpha test coming soon” since the last summer at least.
It’s unrelated. There wasn’t anything there when I started.
The price of .com registrations is lower than it should be, therefore any good name you might think of is always already taken by some domain name speculator. Fortunately, it’s standard for open source projects to be .org.
@satoshi: then it was not very wise of you to not register that one as well. if you didn’t invent this exceedlingy smart system i’d even say ‘foolish’.
i don’t think that this is that trivial. if they have a trademark on the name in conjunction with online financial transactions, they will sue any commercial entity using bitcoin, once bitcoin gets larger.
the only corporation i could find using that name is
Bitcoin Ltd Computer Software Development 34 Arlington Road Camden Town London NW1 7HU
this could be their telephone number, though it seems too long. possibly two separate numbers. 024 8189 2502 - 07593 528009
Is there someone in London who could pay them a visit? Having the .com domain as well as the .org would be great.
if it is not them, a telephone call or letter to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domains_by_Proxy should do the trick.
@satoshi: then it was not very wise of you to not register that one as well. if you didn’t invent this exceedlingy smart system i’d even say ‘foolish’.
You misunderstand. As mentioned many .com names are squatted including this one. There was nothing at the page, but someone had the name.