# GNS — Gwei Name Service

Source: https://gns.gwei.domains

## Summary

GNS (Gwei Name Service) is an ownerless, immutable fork of wei-names on Ethereum, with no DAO, foundation or native token, and it is presented as a complement to ENS rather than a replacement. Its fees are fixed in ETH and locked in the contract, ranging from 0.0005 ETH per year for names of 5 or more characters to 0.5 ETH per year for a single character. The article contrasts GNS with ENS, saying ENS is upgradeable by its DAO and routes fees to a DAO-controlled treasury, while GNS has no owner, admin or withdraw function. It says names can host decentralized websites by pinning content to IPFS and setting it on the name.

## Article

GWEI NAME SERVICE

GNS: your unique user identity on Ethereum

An ownerless, neutral fork of wei-names, secured by code, not changing DAO politics.

Immutable Unruggable Governance-free

The thesis

You can just do things.

GNS is the Gwei Name Service, a neutral fork of wei-names, stripped to immutable code: unruggable, governance-free, builder-friendly. Made for the people, not large token holders or well connected service providers. There is no DAO, no foundation, no native token.

Fees are fixed in ETH and locked in the contract forever, removed from circulation:

Name lengthPrice / year

5+ characters0.0005 ETH

4 characters0.01 ETH

3 characters0.05 ETH

2 characters0.1 ETH

1 character0.5 ETH

The GNS contract has no owner and no admin. It's transparent, eternal, ETH-friendly, and CROPS-aligned.

Why GNS

Three themes, backed by code.

Immutable

Every fee is a compile-time constant. No admin, no upgrade path, no constructor to seed privileged state. The rules were frozen at deployment. (ENS is upgradeable by its DAO.)

Unruggable

No owner and no withdraw function. The ETH paid on registration is locked in the contract forever, so no one can drain it or change the terms. (ENS routes fees to a treasury controlled by the DAO.)

Governance-free

No token, no DAO, no vote. Nothing to capture. (One ENS token holder has a de facto monopoly over governance.)

What GNS is for

The people’s name service.

GNS is not a replacement for ENS, but a complement. A naming service for the rest of us, outsiders, cypherpunks, for people who just want to do things, build things, and always for the right reasons. Everyone is welcome to build on GNS, no special connections required.

Mint your unique name now and host your own decentralized website at yourname.gwei.domains today. Build a site, pin it to IPFS, set it on your name once, and it’s served at your name. No servers, no DNS, no company in the middle.

## Comments

**timdaub.eth**: Why would I want to own a .gwei?

**mishaderidder.eth**: They’re cheap lol. And of course just because you can :) https://mishaderidder.gwei.domains/

Btw technically it’s pretty breezy and straightforward. Admit I used a hot wallet to mint etc haha just for safety, not trusting it fully.

The url will only work if you have either IPFS desktop installed or preferably Freedom browser https://freedombrowser.eth.limo/ since it points directly to an IPFS CID, no gateway present. It will take you to my unstoppable microblog :)

**mishaderidder.eth**: GNS getting traction:) https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/LefterisJP-GNS-gwei-integration-PR-opened-for-rotki-app?index=0x6a497d0e581d62456e34ffbf5e430b5baf96ec52f216dfb12e8ad608fe0ad2b9e306b7bb