.MOON domains have arrived and you can now get your very own .moon domain with the cheapest domains available at $2 for lifetime ownership. But if you're like lots of Redditors who aren't familiar with Unstoppable Domain you might not even know what they are or how to use them.
What are Unstoppable Domains?
Your Unstoppable Domain in its simplest form is a series of Smart Contracts that allows you to engage with Web 3 in a more simplified and accessible way. Essentially replacing your long and cumbersome 0xethaddress with an easier to remember .moon domain.
Two of the most common uses of your Unstoppable Domain include:
- Using your new .moon domain to create a Web3 profile with Unstoppable
- Using your .moon domain as an extension of your web2 presence
- Makes sending and receiving Crypto easier and less stressful and decreases the likelihood of sending crypto to an incorrect address.
Using your Domain as a web 3 profile
Did you know you can look up a profile for any unstoppable domain using the following template: ud.me/(Your UD Domain here).
Below are some examples:
These profiles are customizable and you can choose what to and what not to share with viewers on your profile.
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In addition to customizable profiles Unstoppable has a built in chat system where owners of domains can communicate with other domain holders and even join badge gated group chats.
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Everyone with at least one Moon domain can join a group chat for .moon domains holder on UD by pressing Join Group Chat on the following link. https://ud.me/gabester.moon?openBadgeCode=moon-tld-1&action=invite
Although there are already existing ways to communicate with others on web3 such as sending Memos in transactions. Unstoppable Domain Chat is a simplified and more familiar way to communicate to other users (who have UD profiles and messaging enabled) on the blockchain.
Of course users can also choose to establish an identity with their .moon domain on web 2 platforms as well. I'm sure we can all think of X users who use a domain in their name on their X account. This gives .moon domain holders the ability to instantly stand out and be recognizable to each other on Web 2.
Using your .moon domain to send and receive Crypto.
Have you ever needed to send crypto from a wallet/account on one device to a wallet/account on another device? Getting your public address sent between devices can be both stress inducing and nerve wracking.
What if I told you there was an easier way to do it and a way to protect yourself from:
- Accidents in typing/copying an address
- Address poisoning
Using your .moon domain you can map where payments should go on hundreds of assets/networks when sent to your domain. For example I mapped an address for Solana on my gabester.moon domain and can now easily transfer Solana to my mapped destination by directing the send to my gabester.moon domain - vastly simplifying the process of sending/receiving crypto from any device and reducing the stress of dealing with such a long public domain.
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Unfortunately Arbitrum One/Nova and thus Moons are not compatible with mapping in Unstoppable Domains but it's on their roadmap so it should hopefully be added in the future.
