Ethereum Name Service (ENS), a distributed domain name service based on the Ethereum blockchain, announced that it saw over 2.2 million new registrations in 2022. The service celebrated its most successful year yet as it became the most widely integrated blockchain naming standard on the market. The 2.2 million new ENS names registered in 2022…
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) lead developer Nick Johnson said the protocol would have to make some changes before implementing Vitalik Buterin’s new fee structure. The first point raised concerns about the types of names and how much difference this would make to the fee structure. Johnson highlighted that names could be human names, brand names,…
A Twitter poll by Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin has revealed that around 50% of the crypto community think the fair price for a 5-letter .eth domain name for 100 years is less than $100. Source: Twitter According to responses from the community, the “under $100” price is the best because it would ensure inclusivity for…
Bored Ape NFT whale Franklin lost 100 wrapped Ethereum (WETH), worth roughly $150.000, to a joke bid gone wrong for an Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain he registered on July 20. The joke started on July 19 when Franklin asked his followers which “phrase or meme” they wanted him to place a 100 WETH bid…
In a tweet posted in 2016, Brantley Millegan, as of now-former Director of Operations and DAO Steward of the ENS DAO, expressed controversial opinions on the subjects of HBTQ persons, transgenderism, abortion, and more. Millegan, a member of the Catholic faith, and whose Twitter bio states “Catholic, husband, father”, has not shown any regrets regarding…
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is taking initial steps towards adopting Ethereum Layer-2 support. With Layer-2 support users with .eth domain names, or new users looking to register a .eth domain name, will be able to transact paying less for gas fees and with shorter settlement times. While registering a .eth domain name by itself is…
ENS, Ethereum Name Service, is a service mapping Ethereum addresses to human readable domain names ending with .eth, such as vitalik.eth instead of 0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045. The ENS service is becoming increasingly popular among Ethereum users and others; it has become a trend to display ENS names in people’s Twitter profiles, including those for celebrities like Paris…
There’s hardly a day in crypto without a celebrity announcing a purchase of a Bored Ape or some similar high-end profile picture NFT, often to be flexed in the Twitter profile of the said celebrity. Just the other day, popular rapper Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, purchased Bored Ape Yacht Club #9055 for 123.45…