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Wen Vision 2.0? I officially have only 1 ENS listed until then!

@lovvrEth @Going_eth I agree

@eatingETH @Going_eth The dao will not meet your expectations. They have no interest in it. They will always do thier own thing.

My personal opinion about ENS immediate prospects in terms of revenue and sales development has completely changed. I took off my rose-colored glasses regarding the idea that the ENS team would do anything for the secondary market or the community (and now I understand their position). They have completely different goals and aspirations, so it would be completely wrong to criticize them. In the long term, everything is clear as day, and nothing has changed here, of course. I also soberly realize that we are on our own here, which was actually quite clear, given that in recent years, any initiatives and deals have been conducted among ourselves, and the main catalyst has been internal community products like Vision. Without them, frankly, most of us wouldn't be here today. But now I see that the ENS community has become divided between the nutjobs and the angry nutjobs, and it's a shame that none of us understand the situation we find ourselves in, especially those with 50+ domains and who have made #ENS their primary business, like me... Without internal or third-party products initiated by the community, we won't survive here. Because ENS itself is designed for users with one or two domains for purely personal use. But if you're a reseller, you'll get tired of waiting for the weather to change and sooner or later give up. In any case, everything is in our hands, and it will be very difficult to create, launch, and build in such a space without support. Currently, Vision has been our strongest product; without it, initiating something similar in a tired community would be impossible. But if everything holds, we can help popularize, educate, and train new users of ENS technology. We may be able to create a viable market, earn money under favorable rules, and take .ETH sales to the next level, exactly the one we want. Furthermore, I can confidently admit when I'm wrong, and I don't hesitate to apologize when I'm wrong, so if I offended anyone, please don't be offended. And yes, if you still have a schizoid vision in which you do not care about your own well-being, but rather about pleasing others, then you do not need to write here.

@dandellacorte @Going_eth @CryptoIgzeee That there is a 'huge team' behind it makes the performance even more pitiful. Issue is, it's the wrong team.

@Going_eth @CryptoIgzeee

Let’s be honest — many early adopters bought ENS names because they saw a vision of what those identities could become, and yes, also because they believed they could make money if the ecosystem succeeded. That’s not a weakness. That’s how early-stage networks grow. Speculation + vision is what bootstraps every major protocol — from Ethereum itself to NFTs, L2s, and even DNS in the early days. Early buyers took the risk, paid renewals for years, explored categories, and helped define the naming patterns and use-cases that builders later could use as guidance. Seeing the potential and expecting upside is normal. It’s how innovation gets funded long before the mainstream arrives.

@lovvrEth @Going_eth We're not early and it's crazy to expect people to pay a premium to going direct. I wish they'd wake up

@eatingETH @Going_eth We are early enough that you know the cost. Its open source. You can build your own and set a higher price. Some companies do. They set a price of 20 bucks or somthing for 5 char. This is to average out the price of gas.

@lovvrEth @Going_eth maybe but there are like no other products in the world where distributors can't get a better price than the end consumer, it doesn't make sense..

@eatingETH @Going_eth Dao is like verisign. Everybody uses, sells and builds on their product. Yet nobody knows who they are.

@Going_eth @lovvrEth this will never make sense until the ENS dao allow promoters to make money from registrations - then there are funds to grew ENS. IF only option it to add on top: this will never make sense

@lovvrEth Yes, absolutely right! It's a shame I didn't understand everything so clearly earlier... You guys are building the future of many people (the ens community), and if you need anything, I'm always at your service✊

@garypalmerjr how does this work?

I remember proposing this ENS/.eth "affiliate /referral marketing" recommendation *years* ago. Glad to see it finally being built, (after years of technical push back for an alternative design)...Better late than never! 🌱Ξ ⦅⦆ discuss.ens.domains/t/ens-affiliat…

@furyan_eth You are not underestimated 😂

" It is an advantage to be underestimated" Sun Tzu

@CryptoIgzeee @Going_eth The ENS team raised too much money relative to the importance of their product in the moment. This made them arrogant & immune to needing to care what their actual customers wanted, so, whilst lacking core competencies they were able to just 'do what they wanted'. It's sad

You’re absolutely right — and honestly, the frustration is justified. ENS didn’t just lose the narrative. They lost the execution too. After all these years, the ENS website is still buggy, still confusing for new users, and still missing a proper consumer-facing app. Meanwhile, Unstoppable Domains (i do own some) — which many of us consider borderline scammy — managed to ship a clean UI, great onboarding, and aggressive marketing. The sad truth: UD has done a better job presenting a worse product. ENS has the superior tech, the network effects, real decentralisation, and actual legitimacy… but it’s packaged like an academic side project instead of the identity layer of the future. So yes — .eth holders feel abandoned because: • ENS spent money “making DNS great again” • Ignored its own UX, branding, and adoption strategy • Let valuations collapse while momentum disappeared • Treated the same people who funded the protocol as “squatters” .eth should be the flagship digital identity — especially with the AI-Agent wave coming. Instead, ENS diluted the message and handed the field to slicker (but weaker) competitors. You’re not alone. Many of us feel the same — and it’s not emotional, it’s logical. ENS needs a reset: Better marketing. Better UX. A clear .eth narrative. And respect for the community that kept the lights on. @VitalikButerin

But honestly... What should I do next? Here I am, as a decent investor, paying ENS for registration, paying for renewals, and holding onto domains for YEARS. I've held onto them for years, like its.eth / H2O.eth / UTC.eth, many 4D domains, and hundreds of other domains that aren't just a bunch of letters and are, by all accounts, high-quality domains. But the market is so dead that not only am I completely ruined as an investor, but I'm also forced to abandon my domains, having spent a lot of money, effort, and time maintaining them. And it's all just going down the drain... All because I don't have tens of thousands of $$$ to give them to DAO and sit there with my dick in my mouth for at least another year, supporting their absolutely rotten and stupid development strategy... No one forced me to do this, of course, but is this really how it should be? The original positioning of ENS domains was completely different. There was only .eth, and it was developed and positioned on the market, it was talked about, it was BOUGHT! That was manageable! But what should I do now? So who's to blame for this crap, me? That all the investors/users/speculators/SQUATERS were scammed? Well, let's be honest, the ENS market was simply destroyed because someone was speculating in a normal market environment. And we weren't too early, we were just in time! Look at the memecoin market and all that other crap, which was adopted in weeks and speculated on for years, millions were pouring into it. And now, are we living in the 90s, when no one had heard of the internet and it took ten years for dot com to be adopted? What nonsense! I feel fucked, broke, hopeless, and just a piece of shit. Thanks, #ENS !!!

@garypalmerjr @Going_eth I think you mean domainer is just 'trading names' and 'squatter' is buying brand names to hold hostage?

@Going_eth I think you are confused about the difference between a "Domainer" and a "Squatter". Domainer = Good. Squatter = Bad.

There is a very large disconnect between who the ENS team want their customers to be and who their customers are. We live in the middle 😢

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@enspiration_eth 😂

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