CONTINUOUS INTERNET TELEMETRY24H DRIFT2,873 material changesacross 2,530 domains · -525 vs yesterdayDNS DRIFT20 domains changed DNS providertop destination cloudflare.com · -7 vs yesterdayEMAIL DRIFT4 domains switched email providertop destination reyrey.com · -2 vs yesterdayCERT DRIFT7 domains switched issuing CA24hNOW3,309 curated domains not answering-6,409 vs yesterdayERRORS10,963 responded with an errorlast probe · 5xx / 404 / 429 / 40324H DRIFT2,873 material changesacross 2,530 domains · -525 vs yesterdayDNS DRIFT20 domains changed DNS providertop destination cloudflare.com · -7 vs yesterdayEMAIL DRIFT4 domains switched email providertop destination reyrey.com · -2 vs yesterdayCERT DRIFT7 domains switched issuing CA24hNOW3,309 curated domains not answering-6,409 vs yesterdayERRORS10,963 responded with an errorlast probe · 5xx / 404 / 429 / 403

thoughtco.com

Observed 2026-07-12T22:00:58.442Z (12h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

Up right now
Runs onCloudflare
Email byGoogle Workspace
Registered withMarkMonitor Inc.
Also usesGoogle Search ConsoleDocuSignAtlassianFacebook/Meta
IPv6 · 1 subdomain · tranco_10k
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat thoughtco.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
thoughtco.com
A / AAAA
162.159.141.224172.66.1.2202606:4700:7::1d82a06:98c1:58::1d8
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
blue.foundationdns.comblue.foundationdns.orgblue.foundationdns.net
foundationdns.com + foundationdns.org + moreanswers its DNS
MX
alt2.aspmx.l.google.comaspmx.l.google.comalt1.aspmx.l.google.comalt3.aspmx.l.google.com+1 more
Google Workspacereceives its email

HTTPS probe

redirect Redirecting (3xx) 301 → https://www.thoughtco.com/
HTTP status301
Servercloudflare
TLS protocolHTTP/3
TLS issuernot observed
Behind Cloudflareyes
Response time95 ms
DNS resolutionNOERROR
Redirect chain
https://www.thoughtco.com/

Every field above is part of the same signed observation as the records below. Blank means not observed, never "none".

DNS Records

A 2

  • 162.159.141.224
  • 172.66.1.220

AAAA 2

  • 2606:4700:7::1d8
  • 2a06:98c1:58::1d8

MX 5

  • 5alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
  • 1aspmx.l.google.com
  • 5alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
  • 10alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
  • 10alt4.aspmx.l.google.com

TXT 11

  • airtable-verification=7f23bd05102c5a2c073b0d0689ecaf71
  • google-site-verification=-c3eo7dcLye-A9iDosySTUvZijxIn1PC5UsiCkGT7AE
  • v=spf1 ip4:64.125.213.247 ip4:216.223.13.247 include:_spf.salesforce.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
  • adobe-idp-site-verification=4d443bb146b2a60fc0c0216c899a6ef9baa971cc3c36ac4b3020b4719b5c2e82
  • docusign=c86da653-08b1-4692-b7fa-99a25a691a67
  • knowbe4-site-verification=fa92b9e4fa2fbe928824de444cebea5e
  • atlassian-domain-verification=uUTQHYge655RxaiCqp-IAyc/Q7GgtoJziDouyp0rB7n8OUdp4q8WfSgllR1IaJVR
  • facebook-domain-verification=4zspck49dsym1nipxzxvo351eijrul
  • google-site-verification=e95qaVLKB4CGmC3zGdm7Lo1TCXjjAyVbqfUlCNmYHeM
  • v=DMARC1; p=none; fo=1; rua=mailto:thoughtco@rua.agari.com; ruf=mailto:thoughtco@ruf.agari.com

NS 3

  • blue.foundationdns.com
  • blue.foundationdns.org
  • blue.foundationdns.net

SOA 1

  • blue.foundationdns.com dns.cloudflare.com

TLS Certificates (0)

None.

Subdomains (1)

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID
4a44687c-25bb-4bbb-8b60-7da41ee5daa6
Output Hash
0a25aca730e749a355f9b9de7e5003652ad98ebd4cfbf158213f7395a3e16c45
Signature
ed25519:0e57c3f66ae06abc84295d01b93fc9de3cfb4e3f0aa974ebb5f53a26b8f4c934578f077f30222c1731cec2cd49cf066cf552c66f97405522e2495212cc6c690a
Public Key
ed25519:d610d74ef18f683e5beb859d241d5e67dff0c122e8928b06bec1c2476f4ba27b
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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