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ENS — Your web3 username, name for your crypto addresses, & more
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is an open source blockchain naming protocol. Buy an ENS-native .ETH name or import in a DNS name you already own. It's your portable web3 username, a name for all your crypto addresses, a decentralized website, & more.
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ENS is like a portable username/profile that you **own** and can use across apps!
you gotta cop a .eth
@nikolay well no one can take away a .eth name from you and you can pay once and have it for life, so sounds like "own" to me
@nikolay there's no auction. ? and not sure how it's "twisting" to say that "no one can take away a .eth name from you and you can pay once and have it for life, so sounds like "own" to me"
@nikolay yes, when a .eth name is released, it has a $2k premium that linearly decreases over 28 days until it's gone. FYI, no ENS protocol fees for subdomains or DNS names imported into ENS
@isnhp @adityavsc happening faster than you think, this is already the normal way to sign in for web3 dapps which is already a multi-billion dollar industry, web2 is boomer
I bought two ENS names yesterday! they were cheaper than a lot of domains and feel like a universal sign in for web3 sites.
I said it’s cheaper than a lot of domains, not all. I paid $11 for an ENS name last week. Also in the future gas should go down, and the price might as well.
@blakehunsicker @nikolay the prices for .ETH names are set in USD, not ETH, so the price of ETH isn't relevant. Also, you can import a DNS name you already own (with no ENS protocol fee, tho you have to pay the Ethereum network gas fee once)
@brantlymillegan @nikolay If the solutions some orgs are working on (ex: Polygon, Arbitrum, etc.) pay off, then that won't be an issue anymore.
Love ENS. I actually bought an ENS domain for Hedgehog when the project was initially released. Been meaning to integrate it it further into our platform.
Would love to connect with someone about that actually 😬👍🏼
@colbycornish that's super cool! Feel free to reach out to https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan I'm sure he will be able to guide :)
@colbycornish sounds cool man, feel free to DM me on Twitter and we'll help 👍
This is awesome. I was already addicted to buying domain names, by turning my domains into NFT's will definitely get me putting a lot more thought into them! :P
@simistern lol buying domain names and not doing anything with them should be considered a felony. I plead guilty 😰😰
universal usernames, portable throughout web3, and all decentralized products! replaces long ass addresses with human readable text!
ENS is a key identity primitive in the space, you should definitely get one today. no one manages the protocol, so once you claim your name, it's yours as long as you have it.
also works for addresses outside of Ethereum!
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