Not a TLD such as .io, but In terms of Internet domain diasappearances, there is the legend that is fuckedgoogle.com, an anonymous economist's massive click-fraud expose of Google's business model and practices. The true reason for it's disappearance is made of legends and conspiriacies. See What Happened to fuckedgoogle.com for a tasty intro to the aftermath.
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024
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wow! thanks for sharing! had never heard of this legend!
Then there is Tuvalu's TLD .tv that generates around 8% of the country's total government revenue. Due to rising sea levels, the pacific atoll nation may not exist much longer.
uff... that thought hurt a bit extra
There is also the double barrelled but still active oz.au domain hierarchy - so good they named it twice! Back in the early Australian Internet days we admin'ed pegasus.oz.au for one of if not the first major national internet access networks in Australia.