Can you renew an ID and have no expiration date?
The namespace defines the expiration rules.
A couple of FAQs on this topic:
More detailed information for advanced users and devs wanting to register namespaces.
So the .id namespace must be 2 years? Thats the one I’m interested in.
I want my josephfoboyle.id to never expire after I renew it.
In the .id namespace, the expiration is set 2 years. The expiration is defined by the creator. You could create a .boyle namespace and define a name joseph.boyle and as the creator of .boyle
Creating a namespace costs bitcoin right now. A username
If you like, you can create a “sub name” off of your existing Blockstack called josephfoboyle.id. To do this:
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Go to browser.blockstack.org (or the client if you have it)
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Go to IDs.
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Choose the More button.
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Choose ADD ANOTHER ID.
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Then choose Add username to the id you want.
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Enter the preface of the name you want, in your case josephfoboyle.
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Press Search.
As you can see, this custom name is still going to cost a small amount of coin, but much less than a full namespace would.