
There were also few outages when the whole TLD disappeared from the Internet for a while. If somebody wants to change the owner of the domain, or just change the delegation to a new server, they have to write a request, sign it in front of a notary, and then send it to SK-NIC via regular post.
…to make sure it is available if they decide they wanted to use it at a whim. There is an expression “never buy when you can rent the three “Fs”: what you Float, what you Fly, and what you …that something else”. Yet many people own boats, planes, and end up with that something else.