# Best of blog.ens.domains on Kiwi News Page: https://news.kiwistand.com/source/blog.ens.domains 8 stories from blog.ens.domains have been shared on Kiwi News since 30 January 2024, with 45 upvotes and 1 comment in total. The latest was shared on 18 December 2024. They are listed below, most upvoted first. Summaries are AI summaries of the linked article. ## 1. Announcing Free DNS Domain Usage in ENS with GoDaddy | ENS Blog - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Announcing-Free-DNS-Domain-Usage-in-ENS-with-GoDaddy-or-ENS-Blog?index=0x65c0f25bcacddcf53391084fc88478ba91a1a1dd34858fe98650f07f63b4949353082a55 - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/godaddy-partners-with-ens - Shared 5 February 2024, 13 upvotes, 1 comment ENS has partnered with GoDaddy so that GoDaddy's customers can use their DNS domains in the ENS ecosystem without paying transaction fees. GoDaddy added a section to its domain management interface where customers can associate an Ethereum address with a domain name, which can then stand in for the address in web3 applications such as wallets, block explorers and NFT marketplaces. The feature enabling this, Gasless DNSSEC, launched on January 29 after ENS DAO approved EP5.1, and GoDaddy is the first registrar to integrate with it. ## 2. ENSv2: The Next Generation of ENS | ENS Blog - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ENSv2-The-Next-Generation-of-ENS-or-ENS-Blog?index=0x6655dddd7c44ced535b3d1eb5bb9ff87d0c4e0ddaf470cf1537d94049bfa3d68a03d6ab9 - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/ensv2 - Shared 28 May 2024, 13 upvotes, 0 comments ENS Labs is proposing that the Ethereum Name Service expand to Layer 2 networks under the name ENSv2, migrating core functionality off Ethereum mainnet. The announcement says the move would dramatically reduce gas fees for .eth registrations and renewals and make names more interoperable across blockchains through a CCIP-Read Gateway and a compatible resolver. It also says each .eth name would get its own personal registry, building on experience with the Name Wrapper. Technical feedback is directed to the ENS governance forum, and a community Space on ENSv2 was scheduled for May 28 at 11:00 a.m. EST with Nick Johnson and the team. ## 3. ENS Picks Linea for Layer 2 Rollout - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ENS-Picks-Linea-for-Layer-2-Rollout?index=0x6762cb5c735482ba076af697408410fb5e5b9a5a9041a40f26a7dcd283357b4be48b4e3a - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/ens-picks-linea - Shared 18 December 2024, 6 upvotes, 0 comments ENS Labs announced a joint engineering partnership with the Linea team to build Namechain, an ENS layer 2 network, after selecting Linea following an internal technical and strategic evaluation. The announcement cites Linea's Type 2 zkEVM design, which provides bytecode compatibility with Ethereum, and its fast state confirmation for reliable name resolution. Linea was also the first L2 team to build a trust-minimized CCIP-Read (ERC-3668) implementation, which enabled decentralized cross-chain name resolution for over 530,000 linea.eth subnames. The partnership will combine Linea's zkEVM with the upcoming ENSv2 protocol. ## 4. Gasless DNSSEC on Mainnet - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Gasless-DNSSEC-on-Mainnet?index=0x65b84e4580e7f2bb883c498b1e742f3ef2119f36ce75258ede21db3a747680772f6c4184 - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/gasless-dnssec - Shared 30 January 2024, 5 upvotes, 0 comments ENS now lets any DNS domain be connected to it for free, with no Ethereum gas fees, after the activation on mainnet of Gasless DNSSEC. Previously, importing DNS names into ENS had no protocol fee but could cost up to 0.5 ETH in gas, because the DNSSEC proof had to be saved on the Ethereum blockchain. Gasless DNSSEC is powered by CCIP Read (EIP-3668), which Nick Johnson, Founder and Lead Developer of ENS Labs, authored. ENS DAO approved the new CCIP Read smart contract at the DNS TLD level in EP5.1, so DNS records can be verified on demand through an offchain gateway. Users enable DNSSEC and add a TXT record in the format ENS1 followed by the ENS resolver address. ## 5. ENSv2: An Update on our Progress | ENS Blog - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ENSv2-An-Update-on-our-Progress-or-ENS-Blog?index=0x66e08d2246048184c050be77cd963cff3e37b7044ca0fb9085d54291dd98f0d923114c00 - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/ensv2-update - Shared 10 September 2024, 3 upvotes, 0 comments ENS Labs Head of Product Esk3nder.eth updates the community on ENSv2, the plan to extend ENS to Layer 2 while reimagining the protocol, and says the team has narrowed its options to three paths. The options are deploying directly on public ZK chains such as Scroll and Taiko, running its own instance of a ZK chain stack as Status is doing with Linea, or building a custom zkVM with Axiom. The article rules out purely optimistic chains because of the finality criterion, since ZK finality is given as 2 to 24 hours versus a typical 7-day challenge window. Next steps include benchmarking, a funding proposal to the ENS DAO, and a final L2 recommendation expected in the coming months. ## 6. A Beginners Guide to Ethereum and ENS | ENS Blog - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-Beginners-Guide-to-Ethereum-and-ENS-or-ENS-Blog?index=0x65d32175ca7066969f2489d711c3db82f89b23e281b762996009ad0961071539ac00c5de - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/beginners-guide-to-ethereum-and-ens - Shared 19 February 2024, 3 upvotes, 0 comments This ENS blog post explains the history of Ethereum and the Ethereum Name Service to newcomers, aiming to show why ENS was created and where it is headed. Nick Johnson, a former Google software engineer, began contributing to Ethereum, then worked on Swarm at the Ethereum Foundation, where the challenge of readable content inspired him to build a naming system that later became ENS. ENS is described as a DNS-like translation layer that maps names such as "nick.eth" to Ethereum addresses, and it is governed by the ENS DAO and $ENS token holders through votes on proposals. ## 7. ENS Lands on Linea: An Industry-First | ENS Blog - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ENS-Lands-on-Linea-An-Industry-First-or-ENS-Blog?index=0x66a9f43fec70ba2d5b9204491244f892e10c0b674c0d893b9c2b2e214bb7593b9ecf54ea - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/ens-lands-on-linea - Shared 31 July 2024, 1 upvote, 0 comments ENS domains became available on Linea as of July 30, making Linea the first zkEVM Layer 2 to adopt the EIP-3668 standard in production. The Ethereum Name Service, a decentralized naming protocol governed by the ENS DAO, translates blockchain addresses into human-readable labels, and it was founded by engineer Nick Johnson with its first names minted in 2017. According to the article, Linea offers lower gas costs than Ethereum mainnet, and developers can use CCIP Read (ERC-3668) for cross-chain data retrieval. The article says Linea recently surpassed $1 billion in total value locked. ## 8. ENS Labs Unveils Integration with .box Domains - Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ENS-Labs-Unveils-Integration-with-box-Domains?index=0x66280460b83e9b078896b3245e56b94d1e6f7f704e74b2a79779c19c58d51f618b955823 - Source: https://blog.ens.domains/post/ens-integrates-dot-box - Shared 23 April 2024, 1 upvote, 0 comments ENS Labs has partnered with Intercap to bring .box domains into the ENS Manager App, which the article says is the first time an ICANN-approved top-level domain has been integrated into that platform. .box domains operate onchain, combining DNS features such as websites and email with ENS-based Web3 identity, and they are owned as NFTs on the Optimism network. For each .box domain registered through the ENS Manager App, ENS DAO receives a referral fee.