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Ask HN: Why ICANN Domain Names Are Owned via GoDaddy?

4 points by xiyueuyix ↗ HN
When I looked up icann.org on lookup.icann.org, it said it was registered through GoDaddy. Why?

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fuckxijinping
I confirmed it, whois record said it was registered via GoDaddy. Maybe it is because of GoDaddy is the biggest domain name registry company.
zoringod
<code>Domain Name: icann.org Registry Domain ID: 628dbbcb4edc464b9401cbadea0a08b2-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: http://whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.whois.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2020-09-24T16:37:31Z Creation Date: 1998-09-14T04:00:00Z Registry Expiry Date: 2027-12-07T17:04:26Z Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146</code> These are the original whois information.
ecedeno
Because they registered/transferred them to GoDaddy.com
xiyueuyix
GoDaddy has the IANA Registrar ID #146,so I think it is not the oldest internet domain registrar company. Since ICANN rules the internet, they shouldn't use an unreliable company like this, why didn't ICANN use Network Solutions which has the IANA Registrar ID #2(#1 is reserved)? Hence,Network Solutions is trusted and used by the United Nations and its bodies. GoDaddy did really bad things, so why did ICANN ever do this?