ENS DAO Newsletter #93 - 08/12/2025
Welcome
New editions — Bi-weekly on Tuesdays
Previous editions — Archived on the Forum
New proposals — Updates via Telegram
ENS DAO Dashboard — Available for public review
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Newsletter Roundup
- ENS Labs: July Updates, 10 Years, ETHGlobal NYC
- Community: ERC 4361, ERC-7996, Immutable Frontends
- Meta-Gov: Governance Security Updates
- Ecosystem: Builder and Service Provider Updates
- Public Goods: Funding Vyper
Calendar
Refer to the official ENS DAO Calendar for meeting links and times. Any other sources are not guaranteed to be accurate. Access the ENS Calendar here.
ENS DAO Term 6 Dashboard
The ENS DAO Term 6 Dashboard is a comprehensive guide to ENS DAO’s governance and activities. It includes key resources such as the ENS DAO Constitution, meeting schedules via the ENS DAO Calendar, and updates through the bi-weekly ENS DAO Newsletter.
The dashboard outlines proposal processes, thresholds for social and executable proposals, governance environments, working group schedules, and details on Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for compensated tasks. It aims to enhance transparency, understanding, and participation within the ENS ecosystem.
ENS DAO Basics: Your Gateway to Governance
Discover how the ENS DAO works and how you can to become involved. View the official guide to ENS governance, proposals, and participation. Whether you’re new or experienced, everything you need to start is here.
→ Visit ENS DAO Basics: basics.ensdao.org
ENS DAO Security: Anticapture
Anticapture’s analysis reveals how vulnerable the DAO is to governance capture. Using 30+ signals—from voting concentration to Council delegate overlap—it explains the logic behind the Security Council and surfaces key risks to decentralization.
→ View the dashboard: Anticapture
ENS Developer and Governance Resources
Awesome ENS is a curated GitHub repo collecting key ENS tools, dapps, docs, and community resources. It’s useful for anyone building with or learning about ENS—perfect starting point for devs, researchers, and DAO contributors.
Term 6 Proposals
About Proposals
Proposals are how changes are made to the DAO’s status quo. They can be submitted by anyone meeting the required $ENS thresholds and are voted on by delegates based on their token holdings. If a proposal reaches quorum and passes, it is ratified and implemented.
For detailed governance information, refer to the Governance Documentation.
Proposal Thresholds:
- 10k ENS: Required for a social proposal — an agreement of the DAO on matters that cannot be enforced onchain.
- 100k ENS: Required for an executable proposal — involves smart contract operations executed by DAO-controlled accounts.
Proposal Bulletin
The Proposal Bulletin summarizes Term 6 proposals—both onchain (executable) and offchain (social)—from January 2025 to December 2025. It covers key actions like ETH-to-USDC conversions, endowment expansions, service provider funding, and governance process improvements.
The bulletin aims to enhance transparency and keep stakeholders informed about DAO decisions Details of current proposals will be provided.
View and vote on executable proposals → ENS DAO proposals
Proposal Summaries:
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Delegate Applications
How to Become an ENS Delegate
To shape the future of ENS, become a delegate: delegate your tokens (even to yourself), post your intro on the forum, add delegate records to your ENS name, and set it as your Primary ENS. Manage your profile at delegate.ens.domains
Temp Checks
ENS DAO Eyes Token Incentives to Drive .eth Growth
ENS DAO members are weighing token incentives to boost .eth registrations, integrations, and awareness. Ideas include rewarding smart contracts using ENS names to improve UX and curb scams, reflecting a push to leverage its $1B treasury for ecosystem growth.
Join the discussion → Propogating Use Cases, Registrations, and Exposure
ENS Labs Updates
ENS Labs Updates
L2 primary names are live at the protocol level, with a demo walkthrough available. VIEM and WAGMI integrations launch next week, and Base will migrate existing records to its new reverse registrar. ENS Node support is shipping, alongside an API concept for cross-chain primary name lookups.
ENS Founder Nick Johnson Featured in Ethereum’s 10th Anniversary Reel
CoinDesk marked Ethereum’s 10th anniversary with reflections from industry leaders, featuring ENS founder and lead developer Nick Johnson. In the reel, Johnson recounted a decade of building Ethereum public goods, from the DAO hack era to future milestones.
Mely.eth Joins Ethereum’s 10th Anniversary Narrative Layer Discussion
Mely.eth participated in YAP Global’s X Space, “Ethereum Turns 10: Time To Build The Narrative Layer,” exploring Ethereum’s cultural and storytelling future.
Playback → Ethereum Turns 10
ENSv2 Hub Launch
ENS launched the ENSv2 Hub: a central resource for the next evolution of ENS. It features roadmaps, specs, product previews & updates about the new registry, smart contracts, Namechain & more — all built openly for the next billion users.
→ Visit: ENSv2 Hub
Developer Feedback Wanted
ENS is running a short survey to understand how developers are building with ENS and where support can improve. Your input helps shape the future of docs, tooling, and features across the protocol.
→ Take the survey: enslabs.notion.site
Q2 2025 Report
ENS finalized core ENSv2 contracts & SDK, launched the ENSv2 Hub, dSheets integration, and two new apps. Renewals overtook registrations as revenue driver. Growth in social, ecosystem & ICANN presence. Team expanded to 31 as ENSv2 gears up for launch.
→ View the full report: ENS Labs Quarterly Report - Q2 2025
Q2 2025 Revenue
- ENS generated $3.77m in Q2 2025, down from $4.94M in Q1 2025
- $2.61m came from registration revenue
- $499k from premium name sales
- $669k from DeFi returns
- June 2025 closed with $1.43M in total revenue
→ View the full report: ENS Revenue Report - Q2 2025
Careers at ENS Labs
ENS Labs, the non-profit organization responsible for the core software development of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is searching for professionals to fill the following roles:
- Integrations Engineer (Web3)
- Technical Writer
- Frontend Developer
→ Explore open roles: Careers at ENS Labs
ENS Offers $10K in Prizes at ETHGlobal New York
ENS announced $10,000 in prizes for ETHGlobal New York participants. The initiative encourages developers to integrate ENS’s decentralized naming—human-readable addresses for wallets, websites, and more—into their apps for seamless Web3 user experiences.
Sign up → ETHGlobal NY 2025
ENS Sponsors ETHRome 2025
ENS has been announced as a sponsor for ETHRome 2025, highlighting its role as the backbone of human-readable identity in Web3. The partnership underscores ENS’s mission to make Ethereum addresses simple, secure, and memorable for the global developer community.
ENS to be Featured at Ethereum NYC’s ‘World of Apps’
Gregskril.eth will speak about ENS at the World of Apps event during Ethereum NYC on August 14. The gathering will showcase live app demos from key ecosystem players, blending Ethereum’s tech with cultural experiences.
Commons Discussion
Commons is a recurring space hosted bi-weekly for deep technical dives into ENS and open-source projects. It offers builders and protocol thinkers a place to explore new infra, review edge cases, and unpack real-world integration challenges—live and in public.
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Exploring L2 Primary Names on Base
In this week’s Commons, we explored ENSIP-19’s L2 reverse resolution, the first ENS contracts on L2, and the new .eth registrar controller with a referral field—paving the way for DAO referral programs, multi-chain identity (Namechain), and L2-native ENS integrations.
→ Listen back: L2 Primary Names on Base
Technical Discussion
ENSIP-19: Reverse Records Per Chain
Ghadi is updating the ENS Seal framework to reflect ENSIP-19, which enables chain-specific reverse record lookups. Apps should query on the active chain, prioritize context-specific names, and validate ownership. Reach out to @justghadi.eth to share feedback or suggestions.
Community Updates
Introducing Five Bullet Friday
Five Bullet Friday is a concise, fact-grounded digest of five key ENS DAO developments, curated for builders and delegates. Edited by the ENS DAO Newsletter lead since 2022, it aims to keep the community aligned and informed while respecting readers’ time.
→ ENS DAO: Five Bullet Friday
Newsletter Contributions
Are you integrating ENS into your stack, experimenting at the protocol level, or have a unique use you’d like to share? Consider submitting it for inclusion in the Newsletter. Share updates on projects, events, achievements, or community changes for inclusion.
→ Submit your segment: Project submissions
OpenSea Ran ENS Quest in Voyage Campaign
OpenSea recently offered a two-day Voyage quest where users earned 50 XP by connecting their ENS name to their profile. Once linked, their profile URL displayed the .eth name, making ENS integration quick and visible across the platform.
Laura Shin Boosts ENS Renewal Reminder
Crypto journalist Laura Shin reminded followers to extend their ENS domain registrations, responding to ENS Giant’s call for influencers to promote .eth adoption. The push aligns with growing efforts to make ENS names a standard for secure crypto transactions.
My.box Offered Free .eth.box Subdomains
My.box gifted the ENS community free .eth.box subdomains, enabling users to turn their .eth names into live websites with no fees or extra setup. The service keeps ENS records unchanged, offering a quick and seamless way to activate a personal web presence.
Basenames Mark One-Year Anniversary with Renewal Reminder
Base marked the first anniversary of Basenames, reminding users to renew their names within the 90-day grace period. Adding context, @dr3a.eth highlighted how ENS namespaces like Basenames can generate recurring revenue, boost brand visibility, and enhance wallet security.
Streamlining Smart Contract Access
Dev Tools Guild expressed gratitude to ENS for providing human-readable names for their smart contract infrastructure, improving usability and security.
ENS DAO Grows ETH Holdings, Keeps It Fully Transparent
ENS DAO’s ETH holdings have risen every year since 2019, reaching over $13M in 2025 alongside $101M in ETH investments. Gregskril.eth noted that every wei is visible onchain, underscoring the DAO’s commitment to transparency in its growing treasury.
Ethereum Identity Stack Gets AI-Friendly Upgrade
Brantly.eth announced a public MCP server for the Ethereum identity stack, supporting ENS, EFP, SIWE, and more. The tool lets LLMs query docs, APIs, and onchain data, enhancing AI integration.
Review the new feature → ETHID MCP
Unruggable Labs Launches EthStars for Onchain Identity Verification
The Unruggable Labs team unveiled EthStars, a decentralized ENS protocol that boosts social signals like EFP to validate onchain identity via a web-of-trust method.
Check out the beta → ETHStars
Namespace Publishes ENS Subnames Article for Web3 Communities
Namespace released an article exploring the benefits of ENS Subnames for communities, from DAOs to NFT collections and influencers. The piece highlights use cases across Web3 and beyond.
Read it → Unified Identity for Your Community
ERC-7996 by Raffy.eth
Raffy.eth, a developer at ENS Labs, submitted their first Ethereum Improvement Proposal, ERC-7996: Contract Feature Detection. While described as a minor change, they’re seeking community support to help move it forward.
Read more on Ethereum Magicians → ERC-7996
EIP-4361 ‘Sign-In with Ethereum’ Finalized
Brantly.eth announced the finalization of EIP-4361, Sign-In with Ethereum. Originally abandoned midway, the standard was revived by EthIDKit and EFP, who carried it over the finish line. The team now plans to expand SIWE adoption.
Learn more → ERC-4361
DeGov.AI Launches Community-Built ENS Governance Tool
DeGov.AI unveiled a new community-focused ENS governance tool powered by AI agents. The platform lets users explore proposals, delegates, and voting power, making it easier to track and engage with ENS DAO decision-making.
Try it → ens.degov.ai
Kenneth Mak Publicly Endorses ENS with eth.community Integration
Builder Kenneth Mak publicly shared his adoption of ENS by importing eth.community as his onchain identity. He’s exploring public minting of subnames via Namespace, signaling strong support for ENS in community identity solutions.
eth.community Adds Chat Feature for ENS Profiles
Eth.community, a platform for showcasing ENS-linked onchain identities, has introduced a feature allowing users to chat via their own .eth names. Simply visit your profile page and hit “chat about this page” to start.
Explore → eth.community
Gregskril.eth Showcases MCP Server Use for ENS Contract Testing
Gregskril.eth shared how a personal MCP server project has proven unexpectedly useful, including for testing a new ENS contract without a UI. The tool streamlines encoding multicall operations.
Try it → Ethereum MCP Server
ENS Labs General Counsel Joins Virtue Community
Alex Urbelis, General Counsel and CISO of ENS Labs, has joined the Virtue community to help shape the next generation of ethical hackers and thinkers. A renowned cybersecurity expert, Urbelis brings extensive legal and security expertise to the initiative.
Swarm Demo Shows How to Decentralize Any Front-End with ENS
At Protocol Berg, Áron Soos demonstrated deploying a live website using the Swarm network, ENS, and eth.limo, showing the path from concept to decentralized front-end.
Watch → watch.protocol.berlin
Winners Announced for ‘Nouns Frontends, Immutable by ENS’ Hackathon
NounsDAO and Protocol Labs revealed winners of their hackathon focused on resilient, decentralized frontends. Projects—ANouns, Nouniverse, and NounVerse—are fully hosted on IPFS, resolved with ENS, and push forward decentralized Nounish infrastructure.
Vision for 2030: ENS-Verified Content Authorship
Slobo.eth imagined a 2030 where social media posts display a lock icon revealing the signing organization or person. While not eliminating misinformation, it reliably verifies authorship—ideally using an Ethereum address with a .eth domain.
Identity Fragmentation on Base
Jake flags multiple naming systems causing confusion. cap.eth says Basenames build on ENS as an identity primitive; Jesse Pollak confirms but notes more protocol work needed for true interoperability.
Working Group Bulletin
Term 6 Lead Working Group Stewards + Secretary Appointment
- Meta-Governance – @5pence.eth
- Ecosystem – @slobo.eth
- Public Goods – @simona_pop
- DAO Secretary - @limes
The responsibilities of the Lead Stewards & Secretary are set out in Rule 9.8 and Rule 9.9 of the Working Group Rules.
Votingpower.xyz: Tracking Governance Distribution
VotingPower.xyz visualizes ENS DAO’s delegate landscape, showing top delegates, shifts in voting power, and activity trends. It helps token holders monitor influence, assess delegate performance, and make informed delegation choices to strengthen governance.
→ View distributions: Votingpower.xyz
SafeNotes: Explore DAO Transactions
SafeNotes is a public dashboard for viewing real-time ENS DAO treasury activity. It tracks outgoing payments from ENS Safe wallets—showing amounts, recipients, categories, and descriptions. Great for transparency and transaction review.
→ Review DAO Transactions: SafeNotes
ENS Ledger: Track Fund Flows
ENS Ledger offers a dynamic Sankey chart tool to visualize DAO fund movements in ETH, stablecoins, and $ENS. Explore flows, click nodes for WG breakdowns, and view financial statements for any counterparty.
→ Track fund flows: ENS Ledger
ENS Steakhouse Financial Dashboard
The ENS Steakhouse dashboard is an interactive data portal on Dune Analytics that gives the ENS community transparent, real-time insights into ENS’s finances. It shows key metrics like revenues, expenses, treasury assets, and endowment performance.
→ View Dashboard: Dune Analytics
Working Group Spending Report
Limes.eth released the Q2 2025 Working Group spending summary:
- Ecosystem: $202,766
- Meta-Governance: $217,000
- Public Goods: $264,495
→ Full report: ENS Working Group Spending Summaries
Acknowledging Recepients of the Service Provider Stream
The vote to select recepients of the Service Provider Stream, as established by EP 4.7, has now concluded. Builders are entrusted with improving the ENS system, as chosen by delegates. Become familiar with each Service Provider by visiting their builder profle:
Service Provider Profiles (Ranked):
ENS DAO Working Group Schedule (2025)
| Working Group | Time | Schedule | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
 Meta-Governance |
2pm UTC | Tuesday | Google Meet |
 Ecosystem |
3pm UTC | Thursday | Google Meet |
| Public Goods |
4pm UTC | Thursday | Google Meet |
Meta-Governance
The Meta-Governance Working Group provides governance oversight and support for working group operations through DAO tooling and governance initiatives.
Term 6 Meta-Governance Stewards:
Meeting Minutes:
- Minutes for Weekly Meta-Governance Meeting — July 29
- Minutes for Weekly Meta-Governance Meeting — August 5
ENS Endowment Mid-Year Report (2025)
With $115M in assets and 9.8 years of runway, the ENS DAO has achieved 3.54% APY and $4.92M in revenue through DeFi. Capital efficiency is up, but net income is tightening. Explore trends, financials, and future plans in the full report.
Review report → Kpk H1 2025 Review for the ENS Endowment
Delegate Your $ENS Voting Power
Did you know? $ENS holders can delegate their voting power to trusted delegates to shape the future of the ENS protocol. Use ENS Agora to explore and track governance activity.
→ Learn how to manage delegation: Guide Here.
OpenBox Proposal Committee Update
The committee sent formal questions to Josh’s team based on DAO and prior input, with Urbelis reviewing legal aspects. Follow-ups are scheduled, aiming for a detailed, well-formatted DAO report. The process is expected to take 2–3 months given high info standards.
Blockful.eth on Anticapture.eth
Blockful.eth outlined security-focused governance upgrades and delegation incentives on Anticapture. The tool aims to improve resilience and defense against governance capture.
Ecosystem
The Ecosystem Working Group strengthens the ENS Protocol by facilitating developer relations, identifying and funding high-potential projects that enhance ENS, and supporting ENS-aligned initiatives.
Term 6 Ecosystem Stewards:
Meeting Minutes:
Term 6 ENS Ecosystem Grants Open for Applications
The Ecosystem Working Group is awarding retroactive grants to technically oriented projects that advance the ENS protocol. Grants are reviewed on a rolling basis and presented during weekly ecosystem calls. Apply via the forum.
Grants Announcements
ENS Ecosystem Stewards awarded 1ETH grants to MyTiers (crypto subs), POAP Privacy (anonymous minting), and Orbiter (ENS-Base linking via custom resolver). Additionally, z80.eth received a 3-year extension for their ongoing developer contributions.
ENS Builder Highlights
.eth Branding Template
Kara launched a personal brand website template for si3 DAO members, built on a custom CMS that lets users edit templates and publish on their ENS name. Through the Grow3dge program, they focus on product design, education, edtech, media, and marketing, with a structured 10-week module.
Service Provider Updates
Service Provider Update – JustaName
JustaName’s latest release includes infra optimization and three key updates:
- Admin Dashboard – Workspace-level ENS analytics, name resolution counts, claimed subnames, and community-level data.
- Allowed Domains – API key security via domain restrictions, enabling direct frontend integration.
- Records for Offchain Subnames – Resolves offchain subnames by returning keys and linked data in the first request.
ENSIP Updates
@jthor proposed DService Text Records, enabling lists of URLs in ENS names with dynamic updates. The ENSIP PR addresses UX risks where dApps depend on centralized indexers or single endpoints—if shut down, apps fail. This approach avoids redeployments while improving resilience.
Public Goods
The Public Goods Working Group supports the Ethereum ecosystem by identifying and funding open-source development.
Term 6 Public Goods Stewards:
Meeting Minutes
- Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — July 31
- Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — August 7
Term 6 Builder Grants Applications are Now Open
The ENS Builder Grants platform supports public goods projects in Ethereum and Web3. With 22 ETH granted across 19 projects, it offers milestone-based funding reviewed by Public Goods Working Group stewards.
→ Apply here: builder.ensgrants.xyz
DAO Discussions: Immutable Frontends with NounsDAO
Public Goods steward @Sov and NounsDAO discussed funding decentralized frontends using ENS + IPFS to ensure governance UIs stay online after grants end. Hackathon winners, Filecoin/IPFS persistence, and sustainable public goods funding were key themes.
→ Listen: Immutable Frontends with NounsDAO
ICANN Research Discussion
The Public Goods WG is funding research to strengthen ENS’s role in ICANN, enabling in-person engagement and partnerships like .locker with Orange Domains. ENS remains the only Web3 player avoiding DNS name collisions, with deeper ICANN involvement planned ahead of November’s meeting.
European Decentralisation Institute Presentation
The European Decentralisation Institute, backed by the Ethereum Foundation, works with the EU to advance decentralized identity across borders. It promotes privacy-by-design, interoperability, and policy engagement, with Thomas and Cap aiming to help position ENS as a core identity layer.
OS Builder Updates
Funding Vyper
The ENS Public Goods WG granted $50K USDC to Vyper, matched by the Ethereum Foundation, to strengthen Ethereum’s language diversity, improve compiler security and performance, and support broader adoption of this key smart contract language.
Latina Blockchain Hackathon – 2nd Edition
WomenInBiz, with 2,500 members across 14 Spanish-speaking countries, is hosting the 2nd Latina Blockchain Hackathon featuring tracks on blockchain adoption, AI agents, and AI products. They aim to use ENS as core infrastructure and seek ENS grants.
Resources
ENS DAO offers several resources for understanding and participating in its ecosystem:
- ENS DAO Basics: Learn about the ENS DAO, including voting and governance.
- Support Docs: Guidance on registration, renewals, and development aspects.
- Governance Docs: Insights into governance structure.
- ENS Agora: Governance hub for proposal review and voting.
- ENS Repository: The ENS Protocol’s main GitHub repository.
Note: Posts older than 4 weeks are archival—browse cautiously, as links may be outdated or compromised.
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