Ethereum Name ServiceENSv2 launches on Ethereum mainnet with new App and Explorer
ENSv2 went live on Ethereum mainnet on Oct. 27, delivering the rebuilt naming protocol together with a redesigned ENS App and a new ENS Explorer. ENS's official account amplified the activation with a post from core contributor @schmidsi calling it "the biggest upgrade of @ensdomains in its history." The App turns registration into a single action and brings renewals, profile customization and notifications into everyday use, while the Explorer lets anyone inspect a name's history, controller, resolution and configuration.
- ENSv2 adds hierarchical registries — a name can serve as its own registry for the names below it — and finer-grained permissions for sharing management of a namespace.
- Existing
.ethnames continue to work as-is; eligible names can be upgraded to ENSv2 directly in the ENS App, and names migrated at launch make their owners eligible for a commemorative ENSv2 NFT — ENS CEO Jeff Lau urged holders to migrate to claim it. - 40+ teams are already v2-ready from day one, including 1inch, Aragon, Arbitrum, Jumper, Lighter, MetaMask and Safe.
- The launch follows the ENS DAO's on-chain vote to activate ENSv2 on mainnet, which bundled the v2 execution into a single DAO-controlled transaction.
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- RT @Jefflau: ENSv2 is live on mainnet! Migrate your names at https://t.co/ChXYdKPdlU and you will eligible for this super cool commemorativ…x.com ↗
- RT @schmidsi: ENSv2 was activated today and I'm proud to be part of the biggest upgrade of @ensdomains in its history! It's not only the sm…x.com ↗
- Already have an ENS name? It will continue to work. You don't need to register it again. When you're ready to use ENSv2's new capabilities, you can upgrade your eligible .eth name. Upgrade your name with https://t.co/caq52DZI08. https://t.co/xE58DTyn8H Replying to their earlier post: With v2, the ecosystem grows stronger too. 40+ teams are already v2-ready, bringing the latest ENS features to their users from day one. ENS grows stronger because of teams like: @1inch , @AragonProje…x.com ↗
- With v2, the ecosystem grows stronger too. 40+ teams are already v2-ready, bringing the latest ENS features to their users from day one. ENS grows stronger because of teams like: @1inch , @AragonProject , @arbitrum , @jumperapp, @Lighter_xyz , @MetaMask and @safe. https://t.co/v7FpTUf1PZ Replying to their earlier post: When ENS launched, a name made an Ethereum address easier to recognize and share. Builders took that idea further, giving people names through the communities and applications they already use. ENSv…x.com ↗
Ethereum Name Service
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain.
ENS’s job is to map human-readable names like ‘alice.eth’ to machine-readable identifiers such as Ethereum addresses, other cryptocurrency addresses, content hashes, and metadata. ENS also supports ‘reverse resolution’, making it possible to associate metadata such as canonical names or interface descriptions with Ethereum addresses.
ENS has similar goals to DNS, the Internet’s Domain Name Service, but has significantly different architecture due to the capabilities and constraints provided by the Ethereum blockchain. Like DNS, ENS operates on a system of dot-separated hierarchical names called domains, with the owner of a domain having full control over subdomains.
Top-level domains, like ‘.eth’ and ‘.test’, are owned by smart contracts called registrars, which specify rules governing the allocation of their subdomains. Anyone may, by following the rules imposed by these registrar contracts, obtain ownership of a domain for their own use. ENS also supports importing in DNS names already owned by the user for use on ENS.
