distributed.net

Distributed.net A website dedicated to academic & public intrest research.

distributed.net was the Internet's first general-purpose distributed computing project.

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Authority

91/100

Safety

90/100

Registered

May 8, 1997

29 years old · NameCheap, Inc.

4 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

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Current facts

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Domain registered May 8, 1997 — 29 years old.

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Registrar today: NameCheap, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Aug 29, 2026).

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Trust record

Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 91/100 — ahead of 91% of scored sitesClear

Why this authority score

Prominence (Tranco rank #118,965; Open PageRank 3.6/10)+11
Verified continuity: 29.3 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+20

Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 46/99, which is what places this site at 91/100 against every other scored site.

Safety evidence

All checked sources came back clean

Site history

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1997
Domain registered (May 8, 1997).
2026
Checked today — 4 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 29 years registered✓ live verified Sep 3, 2026

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