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NFTs just haven't been around long enough for anyone to be rightly regarded as an expert. Even the most experienced among us would only be regarded as journeymen in the trades. This should be extremely exciting to everyone involved.

@ChessurNFT ENS wins if Ethereum wins that hasn’t changed, it really is super necessary tech. The whole nft market is in the early stages of mass adoption. The DAO is probably correct to raise prices. They should have done it years ago or after the market returns. I’m not worried at all.

Is ENS raising renewal fees their "Jump the Shark" moment? Armchair experts weigh in. #ENS

The pricing change lowers cost by 50 cents per year if renewed long term but raises yearly renewals by 60%. Thus far there has been no incentive to renew long term. Long term holders are now being burdened without significant warning. It is not unethical to renew a domain one year at a time. “not a Magic State”……precisely my point . The strongest indication that the DAO is acting incorrectly is the overemphasis on following policy protocol rather than establishing decentralization through first principles (or at least trying). Let it be said that your policy based argument means the DAO can technically implement ANYTHING if it follows protocol. “Ideal decentralization”…..There is an unfortunate overemphasis here because token distribution was not absolutely decentralized to begin with (admittedly it’s all complicated and was probably well intended). Lighthearted community inclusion is probably the healthiest form of an ecosystem like this. As in delegates bare some responsibility for balance outside of hard protocol (not saying to violate protocol and causes chaos, just that they give a darn). If you own an asset (any asset) for multiple years with a set yearly term fee and that fee is increased by 60% without even one full term to prepare it really isn’t friendly or decentralized. It’s a landlord raising rent. It’s not evil it’s just the thing it is. I personally would have felt much better without the temp check. It struck a nerve that any change is possible and out of registrants control downstream of some language. The new pricing structure aims to improve the ecosystem by reducing costs for those willing to renew long term likely small portfolios. The positive outcome isn’t guaranteed (though possible). There is a possibility it reduces overall registration numbers and the enthusiasm of the existing community. The ecosystem is now partially at the mercy of the overall crypto market conditions and how near price discovery is. I love ENS. I really don’t want to see anything weirdly bad happen.

I would argue that this pricing change actually lowers the cost for most people with the multi year discounts (especially 3/4 char names). I think the disconnect is between ideal decentralization and actual DAO participation. I want broader participation too, but DAOs cant manufacture voter engagement. The hard reality is that not enough token holders actively participate, so delegation is the practical model. If people dislike delegate concentration, the answer is to self delegate, re-delegate, run as a delegate, or organize against proposals. Thats very different from saying the process is illegitimate or corrupt. I would also argue that this proposal has the long term health and sustainability of the protocol as the guiding principal. All registration fees/renewals go directly to theDAO treasury to develop the protocol and fund the ecosystem. ENS has always had core stewards and maintainers. Decentralization is a direction of travel, not a magic state that exists just because we want it to.

Said this before, governance and voting is an illusion They can do what they want without a bother System and leadership is fundamentally flawed

@ValidatorEth @hownidoteth *making not ending

Delegated voting isnt some hidden trick. Most major DAOs use some version of this model because it solves real problems: voter fatigue, low information voting, quorum, continuity, and the fact that most token holders dont want to personally follow every proposal. Anyone who wants to vote directly can still vote directly. Anyone who does not want to track every issue can delegate to someone who is paying attention. Delegates are public, their votes are public, and delegation can be changed. This has also been ENS’s governance model from the beginning, so objecting to delegated voting now because you dislike a specific outcome isnt really an argument against this proposal. This proposal wasnt hidden or forced through. It was proposed, debated publicly on the forum, materially revised in response to feedback, and ultimately separated from the upcoming ENSv2 contract vote so it could be considered on its own. Its now met quorum, with 100+ delegates representing over 1.3M votes in favor, versus only 3 delegates representing around 13k votes against. Its fine to dislike delegated token voting as a model. But thas a separate argument from whether this specific vote followed the transparent governance process. This proposal has overwhelming support from the delegates who have voted.

ENS is no longer a niche tool for crypto power users. Millions of names now exist across ecosystems, wallets, apps, and DNS integrations. ENSv2 is designed to support that kind of scale without losing the openness that made ENS useful in the first place.

Ethereum is for shipping. Here are 22 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month. 0/ Ethereum hit a new all-time high of 72.8 Million monthly transactions, the highest in network history. 1/ @ethereumfndn, @chainlink, and @Nethermind launched a $1M audit subsidy program to help Ethereum builders access high-quality security reviews. 2/ South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, announced plans for GIWA Chain, an Ethereum L2 built on @Optimism. 3/ @AragonProject introduced Permissions Audits to help protocols secure roles, multisigs, and admin systems. 4/ @fileverse shipped Comments v2, improving the collaboration experience, with privacy by default. 5/ The Ethereum Applications Guild (@EthAppsGuild) launched to support Ethereum-native apps and real-world adoption. 6/ Privacy went live on @Optimism with confidential computing support on OP Mainnet. 7/ @StarkWareLtd brought native proof verification to Starknet mainnet with Shinobi, enabling private trading flows and OTC settlement. 8/ @worldcoin launched World ID 4.0, expanding proof of human credentials across apps, enterprises, and AI agents. 9/ Applications on Ethereum hit ~$310B in user deposits. 10/ @l2beat released a new interactive interoperability map showing how value moves across Ethereum’s expanding ecosystem. 11/ @AlchemixFi launched V3, the latest version of its self-repaying, non-liquidating loan product, with higher capital efficiency and improved peg mechanics. 12/ @OfficialMoonDAO raised $172k + from 157 contributors to send the man who coined the “overview effect” to space. 13/ @ethereumfndn announced the Road to @EFDevcon 8 Academic Program, supporting regional research and academic events ahead of Devcon. 14/ Ethereum core contributors gathered in Svalbard for Soldøgn Interop, a week-long event focused on hardening Glamsterdam implementations to help scale Ethereum securely. 15/ @basepaint_xyz hit 1,000 straight days of onchain art creation, with 121M+ pixels painted and $1.5M + distributed to 4,000+ artists. 16/ New Ethereum community hubs launched in Hong Kong and Floripa, growing local coordination and ecosystem activity across Asia and Latin America. 17/ The EF’s ETH Rangers public goods security program wrapped after helping recover or freeze $5.8M, reporting 785+ vulnerabilities, and identifying ~100 North Korean IT workers targeting Web3 teams. 18/ @centrifuge launched a tokenized S&P 500 fund on @base, bringing 24/7 onchain index exposure to non-U.S. users. 19/ @0xcatalysis launched Covered Vaults on Ethereum, DeFi vaults with built-in onchain risk coverage backed by delegated capital. 20/ @Uniswap processed $3T in all-time volume on Ethereum mainnet. 21/ @RAILGUN_Project hit $5 billion of total all time private volume.

Decentralization/centralization is somewhat fluid. As in not everything that is centralized intended to be from the start. It isn’t purely a definitonal technicality settled by terms of service. I’m not accusing anyone of crime. It’s just bad form. ENS tokens must be delegated. As I said in my qt “it flaunts centralization” which is uniquely sensitive pertaining to a small number of people (delegates) determining price hikes.

@BadTimeMachine_ re: your qt delegates vote using delegated tokens, meaning the total votes represent hundreds & thousands of governance token holders.

[Social Proposal] ENSv2 Pricing: 5+ Character Name Adjustment, Multi-Year Discounts, Grace Period Change ... Now live on snapshot discuss.ens.domains/t/social-ens-v…

It flaunts centralization. You’re right, 800k voters is ridiculous. Though price hikes determined by two dozen voters is a uniquely sensitive case. The temp check was probably unnecessary (possibly a bit offensive). As if some checking of the temperature could have resulted in a different outcome. This is only a W if it improves the ecosystem. The justification for increase and timing was lukewarm.

@dominios_ens @ensdomains @ENS_DAO @nicksdjohnson How should governance of a multi billion dollar protocol work? Have 800k voters lol? Agree these systems aren’t perfect but the way Nick and the DAO coordinated this proposal is a W

798,044 ENS domain owners, but in the vote to raise the price by 140% annually or lower it if you register for 6 years, only 21 people voted 🤔 Something's wrong with this system, isn't it?... 🗳️ snapshot.org/#/s:ens.eth/pr… #ens #ensdomains @ensdomains @ENS_DAO @nicksdjohnson

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What are the new ENS apps? ENSv2 introduces two new applications: → App → Explorer Both have been live in alpha on Sepolia for testing and feedback 🧵

Here's why most teams don't add ENS subnames in their app They assume it means deploying smart contracts, paying gas fees, and managing resolver infrastructure. But it doesn't. With offchain subnames, you can give every user a name like alice.yourapp.eth in minutes. No contract deployment. No gas costs. No infrastructure to maintain. Just an API calls or SDK integration, and your users have a real identity inside your product. We've seen wallets and other teams add this in a single sprint 🏃💨 The result is a cleaner UI, better UX overall, improved trust, no transacting anxiety of wrong address input, and no address-related scams (poisoning, spoofing, etc.). If you're building a wallet, payment app, or any Web3 product - this is one of the lowest-effort, highest-impact upgrades you can make right now.

You can now unlist your Foundation artworks directly from The Lab! If your works are still listed for sale on Foundation, this unlocks the ability to bring them fully back into your wallet and re-list them on Transient.

ETHGlobal Open Agents wrapped this weekend. 468 projects shipped. 177 built on ENS, nearly 38% of the hackathon. Six teams won across our two ENS prize tracks ↓

It’s our birthday 🎉 9 years of ENS on Ethereum, naming the internet one .eth at a time. May the 4th be with you ✨

35 million names. One ecosystem. ENS-powered names are spreading across every corner of crypto. May 2026 ecosystem snapshot ↓