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Working Group Bulletin
Term 7 Working Group Stewards
The responsibilities of the Lead Stewards & Secretary are set out in Rule 9.8 and Rule 9.9 of the Working Group Rules.
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.
Proposals
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[Executable] SPP3 Marketplace RFP Award: Nomentum Labs
This proposal awards up to $500k to Nomentum Labs’ Grails: $90k paid over Q1, $100k behind revenue and user/volume gates, and $310k streamed after ENSv2 readiness. Funds sit with the MetaGov pod, require KYC and committee verification, and unspent funds return to treasury. -
[Executable] Endowment permissions to KPK Update #10
This proposal is a routine update to the ENS Endowment Manager permissions, expanding access to RWA and fixed-income positions, adding curated Morpho yield vaults and Aera, and updating KPK authorities so the endowment can be managed more efficiently and safely.- Vote: Pending
- Discussion: Open
- Results: Pending
Updates from ENS Labs
ENS transparency filing
ENS Labs filed a Blockworks report on governance, supply and operations. $ENS holders can delegate votes on protocol and treasury proposals, but the filing says they have no dividend or revenue-distribution rights.
Filing → Ethereum Name Service Token Transparency Filing - Blockworks
ENS for tokenized assets
ENS could link an asset’s official contracts, issuer data, and documentation under one name across networks. ENSv2’s hierarchical registries let issuers organize and manage asset families.
→ ENS Blog: ENS as a Registry Layer for Tokenized Assets | ENS Blog
One Click Registration
ENS registrations are now one click in the ENS App: choose a name, select a payment option, and set up your profile in one streamlined flow. A guided walkthrough covers the full experience—from name selection to an instantly usable ENS profile.
ENS App Beta Adds Name Activity Notifications
User research on the ENS app found that fear of losing control over one’s name was a recurring concern. In response, the ENS app beta now includes notifications to monitor activity on registered names, aimed at improving name management and security.
ENS Describes Namespace as Coordination Layer Across 100+ Chains
ENS published a post describing its namespace’s evolution from human-readable addresses to broader infrastructure. The post states ENS now connects users, apps, agents, protocols, contracts, records, and chain metadata across more than 100 chains, framing naming as coordination infrastructure.
ENS App adds proactive notifications for name expiries
The ENS App now includes proactive notifications to help users track name expiry dates and renewal deadlines. @gregskril walks through the feature in a video demonstration.
ensjs PR points Sepolia config at clean hackathon testnet deployment
An ensjs PR updates Sepolia in packages/ensjs/src/clients/l1.ts with the clean hackathon testnet deployment, covering ENSv1 and ENSv2. Resolved ambiguous mappings via ensjs patterns + onchain cast checks. tsc and live Sepolia reads pass.
→ Pull Request: chore: point sepolia at the hackathon clean testnet deployment by v1rtl · Pull Request #377 · ensdomains/ensjs · GitHub
ENS contracts PR stores DNSSEC ancestor inceptions onchain
A pull request to ens-contracts updates DNSSEC and DNSRegistrar contracts to store ancestor inceptions per (node, type) onchain. It adds a new getInception(name, type) getter while keeping inceptions(node) as a backwards-compatible fallback, and emits an InceptionChanged event on _claim().
→ Pull Request: Store DNSSEC ancestor inceptions onchain by adraffy · Pull Request #572 · ensdomains/ens-contracts · GitHub
ens-contracts PR fixes .eth resolver deploy order dependency bug
A PR to ens-contracts fixes a deploy script bug where setting the .eth resolver could revert or silently fail after registrar ownership transferred to RegistrarSecurityController. The fix checks the registrar’s current owner and routes the call through the controller when needed, making the step order-independent. Testing on a fresh Sepolia deploy confirmed the fix resolves the issue.
ENS Docs PR Adds .locker to Custom TLD Implementations Table
ENS docs PR #589 adds .locker to the custom TLD implementations table, including its registrar address and Etherscan link. The registrar ownership was verified directly against the ENS registry at block 25925109, and the change passed standard formatting and compilation checks.
→ Pull Request: docs: add .locker to supported TLD list by schmidsi · Pull Request #589 · ensdomains/docs · GitHub
ens-contracts fixes deploy script ordering bug for .eth resolver setup
A commit to ens-contracts (#573) fixes a bug in deployment scripts where setting the .eth resolver could revert if it ran after registrar ownership was transferred to RegistrarSecurityController. The fix reads the registrar’s current owner and routes the resolver-setting call through the controller when needed, making the step order-independent.
DAO-Wide Headlines
Blockful: September delegation to active delegates earns share of 8K ENS
Blockful announced September’s incentive pool, encouraging $ENS holders to delegate to active delegates, with participants sharing a pool of 8K $ENS.
SafeNotes to Shut Down After Meta-Governance Declines Continued Support
SafeNotes, a tool built by former secretary limes.eth to annotate ENS Working Group multisig transactions since January 2024, will be shutting down.
The tool’s data fed into the ENS Working Group spending summaries, and Meta-Governance decided not to continue supporting its use going forward.
→ Discussion: SafeNotes Shutting Down
ENS Labs Supports ETHRome 2026
ENS Labs supported ETHRome 2026, a 40-hour coding sprint in Rome with 40 builders. Event organizers also thanked sponsors including Ethereum Swarm.
Premium sales support ENS DAO revenue
Blockful’s analysis with anticapture identifies registrations, renewals, and premium sales as ENS DAO revenue sources. New registrations are declining, while premium sales reached $113K in August after three months of growth.
ENS delegation rewards expand
Blockful’s latest rewards round allocates 8,000 $ENS to holders who delegate to Active Delegates, following 17% monthly growth. It adds 3,000 $ENS to encourage participation and strengthen ENS DAO security.
Site → https://incentives.ens.blockful.io
ENS Simocracy experiment
A Simocracy experiment on ENS DAO’s future produced 110+ proposals from 60+ participants. Protocol Labs and Fire Eyes are distributing $10,000 to contributors; organizers reported stronger engagement than on the ENS forum.
Site → https://freeeyes.xyz/blog/Simocracy
Meta-Governance
MetaGov publishes Term 7 transactions
MetaGov’s Term 7 index tracks signer rotation, SPP3 streams, compensation, endowment fees, and delegation rewards. Its 2-of-4 operating Safe includes the ENS DAO Timelock as a signer.
→ MetaGov Transaction Transparency (Term 7 Index)
SPP3 selects Grails team
The SPP committee selected the Grails team for its marketplace RFP, pending an onchain vote and KYC. Grails will operate under Nomentum, with a roadmap spanning a UI/UX redesign, registry agent, and native mobile app.
October Funding Window
MetaGov outlined an October budget covering continuity, compensation, growth, grants, and community work. Stewards also favored shared hackathon outreach with Labs and objective-based travel funding, including for DevCon.
Endowment NAV reaches $93M
The endowment’s NAV rose to $93M, with August strategy earnings of $223K and a 3.08% blended APY. The team is rebalancing ETH exposure toward stablecoins, while custody of the endowment Safe has moved to the Foundation.
ENSIP-28 supports name-owned accounts
ENSIP-28 proposes letting one ENS profile securely bundle multiple public accounts per network, reducing fragmented profiles. A recent ENS Labs update adds verification rules for multi-account indexing; authors plan a forum breakdown for feedback.
PUR #10 revised
KPK will replace the Endowment’s Zodiac Roles module with a patched v2.1.1.1 instance carrying PUR #10 permissions. The two-transaction update needs no signatures and awaits Blockful verification.
→ [DRAFT] Endowment permissions to KPK Update #10 - #4 by kpk
Steakhouse Publishes August 2026 ENS Financial Report Slides
Steakhouse has published the August 2026 slides for its ENS financial reporting series. Unlike the monthly endowment-focused reports, this update provides a broader financial perspective on ENS DAO, with supporting links to a Dune Dashboard and current documentation.
→ Discussion: ENS Financial Reporting by Steakhouse - #53 by Steakhouse
Ecosystem
ENSIP-28: name-owned accounts
@Premm.eth of Unruggable Labs published a new ENSIP. It lets names list accounts per chain via ENSIP-24 data records. Verification is out of scope; alternatives include indexed addresses and subnames.
→ Discussion: ENSIP-28: ENS Name Owned Accounts
ENSIP proposes payment preferences
Unruggable also published a draft ENSIP that lets senders use an ENS name to discover a recipient’s preferred chains for assets and tokens. Preferences use ENSIP-24 and a registry; snapshots do not prove authenticity.
→ GitHub: ENSIP: Payment Preferences by nxt3d · Pull Request #87 · ensdomains/ensips · GitHub
ENSIP-X: stealth resolution
Draft maps ERC-5564 stealth meta-addresses to ENS names, returning a fresh address per payment. Gateway results are verified onchain.
→ GitHub: ensips/ensips/x.md at 31ea5e717e79a10a4bacdeca55442f75ad357f03 · mozrt2/ensips · GitHub
ENSIP proposes text-record attestations
The draft standard lets trusted entities sign ENS text-record claims, such as social-account ownership, for clients to verify. The thread is refining how clients scope trust and handle key rotation, name expiry, and potential takeovers.
→ ENSIP: Text Record Attestations
Blockful sets Year 2 plan
Blockful’s Year 2 plan operates six services under guarantees and advances referral, short-name, and Governor Nexus work. It seeks delegate input on incentives and notification channels.
Blockful is also looking to introduce some new aspects to their scope for year 2 of SPP2. It will be a topic of discussion on the Meta-Governance call this week.
→ Blockful - service provider reports and updates - #13 by blockful
ENSv2 plugin for MetaMask Agent Wallet
The v0.8.0 package adds Sepolia ENSv2 resolution, registration, records, primary names, and ERC-8004 agent identity to the MetaMask Agent Wallet CLI.
→ npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@estmcmxci/mm-plugin-ensv2
Namespace Releases ENSforge SDK
Namespace released ensforge, a TypeScript SDK with intent-level actions for ENSv1 and ENSv2. v0.3.1 offers Promise and Effect APIs under Apache 2.0.
→ Discussion: ensforge: A unified TypeScript SDK for ENSv1 and ENSv2
ENS Forge adds HCA support ahead of ENSv2 rollout
namespace_eth announced HCA support in ENS Forge, describing it as tooling to support the upcoming ENSv2. The full details of the announcement were not included in the excerpted post.
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