steem.community

According to its WHOIS record, STEEM.COMMUNITY was created on February 8, 2018 and expires on February 8, 2021. That makes the domain about 8 years old. It is registered through OVH sas (IANA ID 433) and is past its expiry date. Its record is locked against unauthorised transfer and deletion. The registrant is listed in Poland. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again.

Whois Data Center has 10 historical WHOIS snapshots for STEEM.COMMUNITY. The most recent capture is from May 24, 2020. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website.

In the period from March 30, 2020 to May 24, 2020, 24 fields of the record were modified. The registrar name was reformatted from "OVH SAS" to "OVH sas", which is the same registrar. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.