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Ask HN: Why are there no number TLDs?

3 points by estebandalelr ↗ HN
I haven't seen evil.666, programmer.1337 or nice.69, but could not find anything that prevents it. Is there really no interest?

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h2odragon
Too confusing to parse vs IP address specifications. Can of worms no one sees a need to open.
toast0
Old rfcs used to prohibit labels starting with numbers. Although that rule isn't enforced; 336.net exists (used to be a blog, I think, is just parked now). I imagine ICANN might be reluctant to delegate a numeric TLD.