Should my nameserver be like this: ns1.digitalocean.com or like this: ns1.digitalocean.com.
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It really depends on your registrar. Some require that you add the . at the end, others do it for you.
For example, with NameCheap, the . isn’t required when changing a domains’ DNS as they accept the DNS as:
ns1.digitalocean.com
ns2.digitalocean.com
ns3.digitalocean.com
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