Can't decide on domain registrar

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If you’re wary of Njalla’s “we own it for you” model but want something more resilient than Namecheap or the US-based “private” registrars, check out Trustname.

I’ve been looking into them recently and they hit that exact middle ground: Real Ownership + EU Jurisdiction (non-US) + MLAT requirememnt + Crypto (good UI as a bonus).

  1. You actually own the domain (unlike Njalla), but they use a Two-Tier Privacy Shield (multi-jurisdictional proxying) that makes it nearly impossible for random people to dox you via WHOIS.

  2. This is the game-changer. They are based in Estonia (EU), so they’re completely outside the reach of the US CLOUD Act. They basically ignore “informal” US takedown requests and only act if there’s a valid Estonian court order.

  3. For any foreign agency to touch your data, they have to go through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty process. That’s a 6-12 month judicial gauntlet that filters out 99% of “harassment” or “censorship” requests.

Basically, it’s “bulletproof” because it’s legally sound, not because it’s hiding in a dark corner of the internet.

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