serverHold status means registry, not registrar, hold - the relevant protocol (not WHOIS) has the registry as the server, as you'd expect. But you are right about GoDaddy and they are a strange choice.

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KomoD an hour ago | parent [-]

Yep.

clientHold = registrar (GoDaddy)

serverHold = registry (Montenegrin Registry)

	▲	orbital-decay 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		IIRC Telegram has some kind of direct partnership with .me registry. I wonder if it's related