A SpaceReady concept

Some things should never come back.

Mímir's Well is a perpetual nonprofit, designed and ready to launch, that retires domains and destroys NFTs for good, funded forever by an endowment.

How it works ↓

01 · The problem

Today, nothing digital is gone for good.

Domains

A domain that lapses goes back to the public pool. Anyone can register it, even a name that once belonged to a person.

NFTs

An NFT can be burned, but no one checks how final the burn is, records it, or stands behind it.

02 · How it works

Two tracks. One way in. No way out.

Domains

Retired.

Held dark and locked, renewed forever. Never resolved, sold or released.

  1. Offer. The donor proves control and signs a gift.
  2. Screen. Nothing stolen, disputed or under legal hold.
  3. Entomb. No nameservers, registry lock, renewals paid forever.

NFTs and digital assets

Destroyed.

One donor-signed transaction. Mímir's Well never holds what it destroys.

  1. Score. How final can this burn be? You see it before you drop.
  2. Burn. An immutable contract sends it where no key exists.
  3. Record. Cataloged as a hash. The content is never kept.
Proof without exposure. A public ledger of salted hashes shows each act happened, without revealing what was given.

03 · Built to last

Designed to outlive its founders.

  • An endowment, held by an independent trusteeIt pays for renewals, staff, audits and legal defense, forever.
  • A charter no vote can changeThe core promises are entrenched. No board, donor or officer can amend them.
  • Votes that only let things inEach month new domains are admitted. No vote can ever release one.
  • A successor, already namedIf Mímir's Well ever fails, a custodian bound by the same charter takes over.

04 · Honest limits

What forever can and cannot mean.

  • Domains are retired, not destroyedA registry, ICANN or a court order can still override us.
  • A burn destroys the token, not every copyImages stored elsewhere are outside anyone's reach.
  • "Perpetual" means while the foundation existsWith a successor bound to the same charter if it does not.

05 · The founding ask

One endowment. Thirty thousand names. Forever.

$125M
Founding endowment (floor about $105M)
30,000
Domains held in perpetuity
0
Ways back

The concept is ready to become a real foundation with its first large donation. Figures are planning estimates.

06 · Get involved

Want to help found it?

The design is done. The first large donation turns it into a real foundation. If you would like to be that founding donor, or to help shape what comes next, reach out.