I · What a .dot name is, and what it is not
The name
What is in a name?
Register a name and you get the dot of that name. It lives in the app. To be paid or reached it needs an address, and addresses are long strings nobody remembers. A .dot name is a short word that stands in for them: ada.dot instead of forty-four characters. The name is a pointer, not a container. It holds no money and runs no code. It records three things: the wallet the dot is paid at, the owner who answers for it, and how to reach it. Anyone can read those three things. Only the owner can change them.
For example
ada.dot
example · a name
A name as it is written: the word, then the ending. The word is yours to choose; the ending is always .dot. An example name, used throughout these chapters.
On the timeline
Terms in this chapter
A name records three things: a wallet, an owner and how to reach the dot.
shown on the passport
A name holds no money.
payments go to the wallet it points to