chain996.top

CHAIN996.TOP was registered on December 27, 2021, and is set to expire on December 27, 2025. Its age is about 4 years. The domain is managed by DNSPod; Inc. (IANA ID 1697) and is past its expiry date. The registrant is listed in China. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today.

We have collected 7 historical WHOIS snapshots for CHAIN996.TOP. The first record was captured on June 5, 2022, and the latest available snapshot is dated August 7, 2025. Together they cover about 3 years of registration history. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.

Between October 19, 2022 and August 7, 2025, 29 fields of the record changed. The registrar name was reformatted from "DNSPod Inc." to "DNSPod; Inc.", which is the same registrar. The expiry date moved from December 27, 2022 to December 27, 2025, which shows the domain was renewed. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.