GoDaddy and ENS Partnership Announcement

By Ethereum Name Service
Oct 29, 2024, 10:44 AM
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Domain registrar GoDaddy and ENS reached an agreement to link internet domain names with ENS names, bringing Web2 and Web3 together.​ This partnership introduces seamless integration of traditional DNS domains with ENS, enabling users to connect their domain to their ENS-compatible crypto wallet at no extra cost.​

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GoDaddy has been a household name in the traditional DNS days for as long as I can remember. The gasless DNS registrar is going to bring millions of people not just to ENS, but to Ethereum in general. And it starts with the 20 million+ customers from GoDaddy

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We're thrilled to announce our partnership with @GoDaddy 🎉 Millions of customers can now use their DNS domains in the ENS ecosystem! Let's dive into what this means👇

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Fun story about GoDaddy: GoDaddy was founded in 1997 under the name Jomax Technologies. During their first rebrand, the team wanted to rename the company “Big Daddy” but Big Daddy with Adam Sandler came out earlier that year and the domain name was already taken. (What, you

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If you're a crypto company / brand and someone is impersonating you on Farcaster, send me a DM. And a reminder: we support ENS usernames for this reason! This allows us to manage the free, offchain fnames we give to new users in a centralized way—but gives user's the choice

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GoDaddy is making it easy for their customers to crypto-enable their existing domain names for free via ENS! This is built on last week's Gasless DNSSEC protocol upgrade ✨

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Thanks to Gasless DNSSEC, users can now easily associate an Ethereum address with their DNS domain name (.com, .xyz, etc.), allowing seamless integration with all applications that properly support ENS! 😱 Just follow these simple steps!

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