次なるフロンティア

2024–現在

ICANNの次期新gTLD申請ラウンドは2024年に開始され、さらに数百の新拡張子の波が予告されています。AIブームは.aiドメインへの前例のない需要を巻き起こし、小さな島国アングイラは数千万ドルのccTLD収益を得ています。世界の登録ドメイン総数は3億7,000万件を突破しました。ICANNは2025年8月までにWHOISから最新のRDAPプロトコルへの移行を義務付け、主要OSやブラウザ全体でDNS over HTTPSの普及が加速しました。

意義

AIの文化的な優位性により、.aiは史上最も注目されるccTLDの一つとなり、テクノロジートレンドがドメイン経済に直接的な影響を与えることを示しました。次期gTLDラウンドとRDAP義務化は、40年を経てもドメイン業界が急速に進化し続けていることを物語っています。

主要な出来事

1月 1, 2024 Technology Change
Blockchain DNS Gains Traction with Unstoppable Domains and ENS

Blockchain-based naming systems — chiefly Ethereum Name Service (ENS) with .eth names and Unstoppable Domains with extensions like .crypto and .wallet — attracted millions of registrations by 2024, representing a …
1月 1, 2024 Milestone
AI Domain Boom: .ai Becomes Premier Tech TLD

The generative AI revolution that began with ChatGPT's launch in late 2022 turned .ai — the ccTLD of the Caribbean island of Anguilla — into one of the most sought-after …

.ai
3月 1, 2024 Controversy
AI-Generated Domain Squatting Becomes Widespread Concern

By early 2024, security researchers and brand protection firms were documenting a new wave of domain abuse: automated systems using large language models to generate and register thousands of plausible-sounding …

.com .io .ai
4月 1, 2024 ICANN Decision
ICANN Announces Next New gTLD Round Opening

ICANN announced the formal opening of the next round of new generic top-level domain applications in 2024, marking the first such round since 2012. The program incorporated lessons from the …
6月 1, 2024 Technology Change
DNS over HTTPS Adoption Reaches Mainstream

DNS over HTTPS (DoH), standardized in RFC 8484 in 2018, reached mainstream adoption in 2024 as major operating systems — including Windows 11, macOS, iOS, and Android — enabled encrypted …
6月 1, 2024 Milestone
Anguilla's .ai Revenue Exceeds Government Budget

By mid-2024, Anguilla's annual revenue from .ai domain registrations was reported to exceed the British Overseas Territory's entire government operating budget — an extraordinary windfall for a community of roughly …

.ai
1月 1, 2025 Milestone
Global Domain Registrations Surpass 370 Million

The total number of registered domain names across all TLDs surpassed 370 million globally in early 2025, according to Verisign's Domain Name Industry Brief. .com remained the dominant TLD with …

.com .net .org
8月 31, 2025 Policy Change
ICANN Mandates Transition from WHOIS to RDAP

ICANN's August 31, 2025, deadline required all accredited registrars and contracted registries to replace the 40-year-old WHOIS protocol with the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). RDAP delivers structured JSON responses …
8月 31, 2025 Policy Change
ICANN Mandates RDAP to Replace WHOIS

ICANN's deadline for all accredited registrars and contracted registries to implement the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) and phase out the legacy WHOIS protocol fell on August 31, 2025. RDAP, …