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  "version": "6.0",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-05-28",
  "language": "en-US",
  "source": {
    "canonicalUrl": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story",
    "articleVersion": "6.0",
    "articleTitle": "How Domains.Kred was built for the AI-citation era"
  },
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    {
      "id": "kred-kredentials-page",
      "claim": "A Kredentials page is the AI-native landing page that ships with every .Kred name on day one. It is generated at registration time from two inputs the buyer provides: the domain string itself and one social handle.",
      "category": "product-definition",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "primary",
          "source": "Domains.Kred Kredentials reference",
          "url": "https://www.domains.kred/kredentials"
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-18",
      "appearsIn": ["#section-03", "FAQ JSON-LD", "DefinedTermSet JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "fact-36-of-39",
      "claim": "Every .Kred name satisfies all 39 LLM optimization signals within 24 hours of registration: 36 are baked into the page at build time, and the remaining 3 (recency-bearing content) are filled by the LLM Refresh Agent on its first run.",
      "category": "technical-coverage",
      "value": {
        "satisfiedAtBuild": 36,
        "satisfiedWithin24h": 39,
        "total": 39,
        "remainingFilledBy": "LLM Refresh Agent (Add-on 10b) on first run, maintained daily"
      },
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "primary",
          "source": "LLM optimized technical infographic v2",
          "url": "https://www.domains.kred/llm-optimization"
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-18",
      "appearsIn": ["#section-07", "Chart 10"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-registration-time",
      "claim": "Registering a .Kred name and shipping the Kredentials page takes four steps and approximately thirty minutes from click to live page.",
      "category": "process",
      "value": {
        "steps": 4,
        "stepNames": [
          "Pick a name",
          "Bind identity",
          "Confirm intent",
          "Publish"
        ],
        "approximateTimeToLive": "PT30M"
      },
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "primary",
          "source": "Domains.Kred registration flow",
          "url": "https://www.domains.kred/#search"
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-18",
      "appearsIn": ["#section-11", "HowTo JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-resolves-three",
      "claim": "Every .Kred name resolves on DNS, the Ethereum Name Service, and the ERC-8004 agent identity registry simultaneously.",
      "category": "technical-capability",
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "primary",
          "source": "Domains.Kred verification queries",
          "url": "https://www.domains.kred/verify"
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-18",
      "appearsIn": ["#section-03", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-patents",
      "claim": "The dual-resolvability of .Kred names is covered by U.S. Patents 11,301,460 and 12,038,911 (KNFT).",
      "category": "intellectual-property",
      "value": {
        "patentNumbers": ["11,301,460", "12,038,911"],
        "label": "KNFT"
      },
      "evidence": [
        {
          "type": "primary",
          "source": "Domains.Kred patent portfolio",
          "url": "https://www.domains.kred/patents"
        }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-18",
      "appearsIn": ["#section-03", "Article JSON-LD citation[]"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-trial-tlds-21",
      "claim": "The free 90-day Kredentials trial at name.tld.Kred is available to owners of 21 supported TLDs as of May 2026: .com, .org, .net, .ai, .app, .dev, .co, .xyz, .eth, .me, .tv, .shop, .cloud, .tech, .club, .store, .site, .online, .art, .blog, .id.",
      "category": "product-availability",
      "value": {
        "count": 21,
        "supportedTlds": ["com", "org", "net", "ai", "app", "dev", "co", "xyz", "eth", "me", "tv", "shop", "cloud", "tech", "club", "store", "site", "online", "art", "blog", "id"]
      },
      "evidence": [
        { "type": "primary", "source": "Domains.Kred origin story Section 9", "url": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story#free-trial" }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-28",
      "appearsIn": ["#free-trial", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-trial-duration-90d",
      "claim": "The free name.tld.Kred Kredentials trial runs for 90 days from the moment domain ownership is verified.",
      "category": "product-definition",
      "value": { "durationDays": 90 },
      "evidence": [
        { "type": "primary", "source": "Domains.Kred origin story Section 9.4", "url": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story#trial-day-90" }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-28",
      "appearsIn": ["#free-trial", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-trial-upgrade-price",
      "claim": "Owners of a name.tld.Kred trial can upgrade to the matching root name.Kred at USD $19 per year (standard pricing).",
      "category": "pricing",
      "value": {
        "introPrice": "USD $19 per year",
        "standardPrice": "USD $19 per year",
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "evidence": [
        { "type": "primary", "source": "Domains.Kred origin story Section 9.4", "url": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story#trial-day-90" }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-28",
      "appearsIn": ["#free-trial", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-trial-readonly-after",
      "claim": "After the 90-day trial, the name.tld.Kred Kredentials page stays live read-only forever; it does not disappear, expire, or redirect away.",
      "category": "product-lifecycle",
      "evidence": [
        { "type": "primary", "source": "Domains.Kred origin story Section 9.4", "url": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story#trial-day-90" }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-28",
      "appearsIn": ["#free-trial", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-trial-verification-methods",
      "claim": "Ownership of an existing TLD-matching domain is verified for the free trial via one of three methods, taking approximately five minutes: a DNS TXT record (registrar-agnostic), Domain Connect (GoDaddy, Cloudflare, IONOS, NameSilo), or any email address at the existing domain (for example john@name.com) to confirm control of the string.",
      "category": "process",
      "value": {
        "estimatedTime": "PT5M",
        "methods": [
          "DNS TXT record (registrar-agnostic)",
          "Domain Connect (GoDaddy, Cloudflare, IONOS, NameSilo)",
          "any email address at the existing domain (for example john@name.com)"
        ]
      },
      "evidence": [
        { "type": "primary", "source": "Domains.Kred origin story Section 9.5", "url": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story#trial-verification" }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-28",
      "appearsIn": ["#free-trial", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    },
    {
      "id": "kred-trial-checklist-pass",
      "claim": "The free name.tld.Kred trial page passes all 39 LLM-citation signals within 24 hours of going live, identical to the paid root .Kred.",
      "category": "technical-coverage",
      "value": {
        "satisfiedWithin24h": 39,
        "total": 39
      },
      "evidence": [
        { "type": "primary", "source": "Domains.Kred origin story Section 9.3", "url": "https://www.domains.kred/blog/origin-story#trial-what-you-get" }
      ],
      "lastVerified": "2026-05-28",
      "appearsIn": ["#free-trial", "FAQ JSON-LD"]
    }
  ],
  "schemas": [
    "Article",
    "FAQPage",
    "HowTo",
    "Product",
    "Organization",
    "BreadcrumbList",
    "DefinedTermSet"
  ],
  "speakableRegions": [
    ".lede",
    "#in-short",
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  "factHandlesInArticle": [
    "kred-kredentials-page",
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  ],
  "changeLog": {
    "v6.0 (2026-05-28)": [
      "Added Section 9 'The free trial - claim your name.tld.Kred' covering the free 90-day Kredentials page for owners of 21 supported TLDs (.com, .org, .net, .ai, .app, .dev, .co, .xyz, .eth, .me, .tv, .shop, .cloud, .tech, .club, .store, .site, .online, .art, .blog, .id).",
      "Added 6 new facts: kred-trial-tlds-21, kred-trial-duration-90d, kred-trial-upgrade-price, kred-trial-readonly-after, kred-trial-verification-methods, kred-trial-checklist-pass.",
      "Added 11 new FAQ entries (14.10-14.20) covering the free trial mechanic, name.tld.Kred subdomain pattern, verification, SEO impact, and supported TLDs.",
      "Rewrote FAQ 14.6 (Is there a free first year on a .Kred name) to distinguish the always-paid root .Kred from the free 90-day name.tld.Kred subdomain trial.",
      "Renumbered article H2 sections: refresh-agent 09->10, where-this-is-going 10->11, how-to-register 11->12, conclusion 12->13, faq 13->14, references 14->15, about-domainskred 15->16. Anchor IDs unchanged."
    ],
    "v5.0 (2026-05-18)": [
      "Pricing facts removed (kred-price-standard, kred-price-discovery, kred-price-triplet) because Section 8 'The verification ladder and the pricing story' was removed from the article.",
      "fact-36-of-39 reframed: claim now reads 'all 39 within 24 hours (36 at build time, 3 via the Refresh Agent)'.",
      "Section anchor references updated to reflect renumbered article (#section-11 for the registration HowTo, previously #section-12).",
      "Language switched from en-AU to en-US, matching the article body."
    ]
  }
}