diff --git a/apps/pwa/src/lib/moshpit-name.mjs b/apps/pwa/src/lib/moshpit-name.mjs
index 1a287b2..f7be06c 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/src/lib/moshpit-name.mjs
+++ b/apps/pwa/src/lib/moshpit-name.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ export const RESERVED_TLDS = new Set([
 ]);
 
 /** A TLD label: lowercase letters, digits and dashes; no leading/trailing dash. */
-const LABEL = /^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/;
+// Letters and digits only — no dashes, though DNS would allow them.
+//
+// A dash is the cheapest way to mint a near-miss of a name someone else holds.
+// `.crypto` and `.cryp-to` read as the same ending at a glance and sort next to
+// each other, so allowing dashes turns every claimed ending into a family of
+// look-alikes worth squatting. The namespace is one level deep and first come
+// first served, which makes that the whole attack: there is no second level to
+// retreat to and no dispute process to appeal it.
+//
+// The cost is real names nobody can have — `lazy-loaded` cannot be an ending.
+// That is the trade, and it is cheaper than policing look-alikes forever.
+const LABEL = /^[a-z0-9]{1,63}$/;
 
 /** A hostname label. Unlike a TLD, an all-numeric label is valid. */
 export function normalizeLabel(input) {
diff --git a/apps/pwa/test/moshpit-name.test.mjs b/apps/pwa/test/moshpit-name.test.mjs
index 6cf9648..7357bf6 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/test/moshpit-name.test.mjs
+++ b/apps/pwa/test/moshpit-name.test.mjs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test("normalizeTld accepts what people actually type", () => {
   assert.equal(normalizeTld("eggs"), "eggs");
   assert.equal(normalizeTld(".eggs"), "eggs");
   assert.equal(normalizeTld("  .EGGS  "), "eggs");
-  assert.equal(normalizeTld("web3-agents"), "web3-agents");
+  assert.equal(normalizeTld("web3agents"), "web3agents");
 });
 
 test("normalizeTld rejects what could never be a TLD", () => {
@@ -125,3 +125,22 @@ test("all-numeric endings", async (t) => {
     assert.equal(parseMoshpitName("0.0"), null);
   });
 });
+
+test("dashes are not part of a Moshpit name", () => {
+  // A dash is the cheapest way to mint a near-miss of an ending someone else
+  // holds — `.cryp-to` beside `.crypto` — and a namespace one level deep with
+  // no dispute process has nowhere to put the argument.
+  assert.equal(normalizeTld("lazy-loaded"), null);
+  assert.equal(normalizeTld("cryp-to"), null);
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("register-me"), null);
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("-leading"), null);
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("trailing-"), null);
+
+  // Unchanged either side of the dot.
+  assert.equal(normalizeTld("oranges"), "oranges");
+  assert.equal(normalizeTld("420"), "420");
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("california"), "california");
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("123"), "123");
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("a".repeat(63)), "a".repeat(63));
+  assert.equal(normalizeLabel("a".repeat(64)), null);
+});
diff --git a/src/dns.mjs b/src/dns.mjs
index b0c7f8f..5953a2a 100644
--- a/src/dns.mjs
+++ b/src/dns.mjs
@@ -205,7 +205,13 @@ export function parseRegistryName(hostname) {
   if (/^\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}$/.test(host)) return null;
   const parts = host.split(".");
   if (parts.length !== 2) return null;
-  const LABEL = /^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$/;
+  // Letters and digits only, matching the registry. A dash is the cheapest way
+  // to mint a look-alike of an ending someone else holds, and in a namespace
+  // one level deep and first come first served there is nowhere to retreat to.
+  // Keeping the rule here identical to the registry's matters more than the
+  // rule itself: a name this bridge accepts and the registry rejects resolves
+  // to a page that says it does not exist.
+  const LABEL = /^[a-z0-9]{1,63}$/;
   const [label, tld] = parts;
   if (!LABEL.test(label) || !LABEL.test(tld)) return null;
   return { label, tld };
diff --git a/test/dns.test.mjs b/test/dns.test.mjs
index 9cd39e1..d10ed06 100644
--- a/test/dns.test.mjs
+++ b/test/dns.test.mjs
@@ -251,3 +251,15 @@ test("answerFor hands the bridge a bare address, not the stored target", async (
   });
   assert.equal(address, "2606:4700:4700::1111");
 });
+
+test("dashes are not part of a Moshpit name", () => {
+  // Cheap look-alikes of an ending someone already holds. The namespace is one
+  // level deep and first come first served, so `.cryp-to` next to `.crypto` has
+  // nowhere to be appealed to.
+  assert.equal(parseRegistryName("blue.lazy-loaded"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseRegistryName("register-me.eggs"), null);
+  assert.equal(parseRegistryName("a-b.c-d"), null);
+  // Still fine either side of the dot.
+  assert.deepEqual(parseRegistryName("california.oranges"), { label: "california", tld: "oranges" });
+  assert.deepEqual(parseRegistryName("123.420"), { label: "123", tld: "420" });
+});