[rglullis]

You joke, but that's exactly what domain names are.

[recursive]

Domain names come from central authorities. Transfers are reported to the registrar.

[rglullis]

Regardless, they are non-fungible tokens with expiration date.

But if you really want to be extra pedantic: the Ethereum Name System is a domain system running on the blockchain, and each domain is a NFT with an expiration date.