Domain ownership
The rights to control, use, and transfer a domain; tokenization records those rights on-chain in a wallet instead of only in a registrar account.
- glossary
Domain ownership traditionally refers to a registrant holding usage rights through a registrar, often under restrictive terms. With tokenized domains, ownership can mean holding an NFT in your own wallet that represents the real-world domain (e.g. yourname.xyz), giving cryptographically secured control over transfers, delegation, and integration. Instead of being subject to a registrar’s dashboard or policies, ownership is managed directly on-chain. While legal obligations (renewals, trademark rules) still apply, this model makes ownership programmable and interoperable with Web3, identity, and digital commerce applications.
Related keywords
- domain ownership
- NFT domain
- registrar
- custodial
- wallet ownership