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I can't imagine how much the x.com domain costed him. Like I know most three or four letter domains trade hands for six figures sometimes since there's so few
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_domain
Like apparently single letter domains are reserved so idk how he got one
Edit: found out. He bought it from PayPal after they stopped using it for their brand years ago. $6.8 million dollars for a domain.
He wanted PayPal to be called X so I’m wondering if he didn’t have this domain the whole time.
The wiki article says as much
Money. If something is “reserved” or even “illegal” you just need to pay more