ENS DAO Newsletter #84 - 04/8/2025
Welcome
New editions — Bi-weekly on Tuesdays
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ENS DAO Dashboard — Available for public review
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Newsletter Roundup
- ENS Labs: Para Wallet, Project Liberty, ICANN Summit Recap
- Community: DappRank, ENS Fairy, How Doxxed Am I
- Meta-Gov: SPP Amendments, Security Council Updates
- Ecosystem: Project Highlights, Service Provider Updates, ENSIP Updates
- Public Goods: Rethinking Funding Strategy, Borderless Africa Milestone
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.
Term 6 Proposals
Proposed Amendment to SPP Season 2 Voting Process
A recent temp check suggests modifying the Service Provider Program (SPP) Season 2 voting process to allow delegates to rank both basic and extended budget options for each candidate. This change aims to provide more nuanced voting preferences. If approved, the Meta-Governance Working Group will implement the updated process.
→ Read the proposal here
Proposal Bulletin
Details of current proposals will be provided here. For backdated proposals, refer to the the Forum’s Proposal Bulletin for updates and detailed information on each proposal. For detailed governance information, refer to the Governance Documentation.
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.
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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.
ENS DAO Basics: Your Gateway to Governance
New to the ENS DAO or curious about how it works? basics.ensdao.org is your go-to resource for learning about governance, proposals, and ways to get involved in the ENS ecosystem.
Whether you’re exploring ENS for the first time or looking to deepen your participation, this guide provides all the essentials.
Start your journey today: Visit ENS DAO Basics.
ENS Labs Updates
ENS x Para: Web3 Identity Without a Wallet
ENS has integrated with Para, letting anyone register an ENS name with no wallet required. Using MPC and passkeys, Para allows users to sign in like a social account and use a universal wallet across apps—making ENS more accessible than ever.
James, Head of Growth at ENS, and Para co-founder Aditi later joined the Coffee with Captain show to talk about the integration and what it means for the future of onchain growth.
→ Read more about the integration on The Defiant
ENS Backs Project Liberty and The People’s Bid for TikTok
ENS has joined the Project Liberty Alliance to support The People’s Bid for TikTok—aiming to give creators control over their digital identity. In collaboration with FREQUENCY, ENS will explore interoperability between DSNP names and ENS identifiers.
→ Read more on the ENS Blog
ENS x Fluidkey Brings Privacy to Onchain Identity
ENS integrates with Fluidkey to enable stealth addresses and unlinkable transactions using ENS. Each payment generates a private address, protecting your identity. With DNS records, users can now share simple links to receive funds—privately.
→ Read more about how it works on the ENS Blog
ENS Labs Engages with ICANN Ahead of 2026 gTLD Round
@jamesbeck shared ENS Labs’ insights from ICANN82, highlighting efforts to integrate ENS with DNS registries ahead of the 2026 gTLD round. The .eth domain is safe due to ISO reservation, and ENS is positioned as a modern identity layer for DNS evolution.
ENS Supports Decentralized Tech Summit in D.C.
Aurbelis shared highlights from the Decentralized Tech Summit hosted by TheDRC, where ENS showed its support. His favorite slide captured a key insight: sysadmins pose a risk to decentralized networks because they become prime targets for capture.
ENS Labs Seeks Developer Feedback
Greg Skril and the ENS design team are inviting users to participate in product research as ENS Labs explores new developer tools over the next 12 months. Your feedback will help improve workflow and data access. Share your insights here: Maze
Jeff Lau Unveils ENS Identity Rollup at Pragma Taipei
At Pragma Taipei, @jefflau.eth introduced Namechain—ENS’ new ZK rollup that evolves ENS into a full identity protocol. As shared by @ETHGlobal, this lets users link verifiable credentials (like GitHub, job history, or age) to their .eth names, enabling private, trustless identity use cases such as site verification, resume proofs, and human-gated communities.
Nick Johnson Talks ENS Origins on Building Web3 Pod
Nick.eth, founder of ENS, joins Jax Dwyer on the Building Web3 Pod to dive deep into ENS’s beginnings, DAO governance, and a startup idea he’s excited about. A must-listen for ENS builders.
ENS Labs Hiring
ENS is shaping the future of decentralized identity and is hiring to help build the next generation of the web.
→ Explore open roles: Apply Now.
ENS Labs Launches Multi-Delegate Manager (MDM)
ENS Labs introduced the Multi-Delegate Manager—a tool that lets $ENS holders delegate to multiple people in one transaction. With a clean UI, MDM streamlines governance and voting flexibility.
→ Try it now: delegate.ens.domains
Breaking Down ENS: A Primer by Wes from ENS Labs
Wes from ENS Labs breaks down how ENS turns wallet addresses into human-readable names like “yourname.eth.” He explains ENS’s role in managing cross-platform digital identity and highlights use cases like subnames on Base and Uniswap. A clear intro to ENS for newcomers.
Community Updates
Newsletter Contributions
Submissions for the ENS newsletter are open! Share updates on projects, events, achievements, or community changes for inclusion. Submit your segment here and leaving a comment.
How ENS Identity Verification Works – A Thread by validator.eth
@validator.eth explains that ENS identity is self-asserted and only trustworthy when mutual linking occurs. An ENS name must link to external accounts (e.g., Twitter/X), and those accounts must link back to the ENS. This bidirectional proof creates decentralized, verifiable identity—no central authority needed, just consistent signals across platforms.
James.eth Backs African Builders with ENS Fairy at Magma
@James went on an ENSFairy.xyz rampage at Magma, registering dozens of ENS names in support of African founders from Borderless Africa. He praised ENS DAO for empowering creators across the continent, showcasing real-time onchain activity backing the initiative.
ENS Commons Recap: Project Liberty & Onchain Identity
@estmcmxci hosted James Beck, Head of Growth at ENS, on ‘Commons’ to dive into ENS’s role in The People’s Bid for TikTok, Project Liberty, and the future of onchain identity. They explored how ENS can power portable, user-owned social graphs.
Oxashu.eth Breaks Down ENS Grace Period in New Video
0xashu_eth released a YouTube explainer on the ENS name grace period, with help from @184.eth The video covers key renewal mechanics and domain recovery insights—part of Oxashu’s broader push to make ENS info accessible.
Dapp Rank: A New Standard for Censorship-Resistant Dapps
Dapp Rank introduces a critical tool for Ethereum, offering a trust layer for evaluating the decentralization of dapps. It highlights censorship-resistant apps, provides feedback for devs, and strengthens the ecosystem. A must-watch project for web3 resilience.
Lefteris Promotes rotki for ENS Basename Management
Lefteris.eth highlights how Rotkiapp simplifies managing ENS basenames by tracking ENS activity across all addresses and offering calendar reminders for renewals. He encourages users to support sustainable software by going premium: download | rotki.
ENS Steward on Why Drips Funding Is About Recognition
In a video by Drips Network, ENS Ecosystem Steward @slobo.eth shares how Drips funding isn’t just financial—it’s recognition. ENS uses Drips to fund GitHub repos directly and transparently, letting anyone see what’s supported. It’s public, onchain, and meaningful.
Austin Griffith Recommends Address.Vision for Quick ETH Lookups
Austin Griffith points users to address.vision as a fast, visual way to inspect any Ethereum address. The tool, spotlighted by @buildguild, gives a clean dashboard view of balances, NFTs, and token holdings across chains—perfect for quick due diligence.
MeebCo Grateful for ENS Community Generosity
MeebitCo shared appreciation for the ENS community after receiving the ENS names “themeebits.eth” and “meebit.eth” from beautiful_nfts_. A small gesture that shows the strong culture of generosity and support within the ENS ecosystem.
Uniswap Accountability Committee Adopts SafeNotes
@Limes announced that the Uniswap Accountability Committee now uses SafeNotes, a tool that lets DAOs publicly annotate transactions in real-time. With two major DAOs onboard, SafeNotes is shaping up to be the standard for Web3 transparency.
PSA: New ENS Phishing Scam Alert
Lefteris.eth warns of a phishing scam targeting ENS users. If you’ve set an email for your ENS name, scammers may send a fake “renewal failed” email with a malicious link. Always verify onchain activity with Rotkiapp before clicking anything.
ETH Bucharest Launches ENS Subdomain Giveaway
ETH Bucharest is offering free ethbucharest.eth subdomains—plus a chance to win a Ledger Nano S Plus or Crypto Steel. Thanks to @mdt and @VectorPunks_ for making it happen.
→ Claim yours here: ens.ethbucharest.ro
Heavens Tools Featured on Binance Square Ahead of 2025 Relaunch
@Dylan’s Heavens Tools was spotlighted on Binance Square for building real-world utility into ENS. The 2025 relaunch will include AI-assisted analytics, smart contract automation, and ENS/DNS resolution—making ENS apps smarter and more intuitive.
What is Pinnable? A New Tool for .eth Websites
Pinnable is a new IPFS pinning service that tracks .eth and IPNS addresses, stores historical CIDs for IPNS, and integrates with NameStone for gasless content hash updates. It’s designed to make decentralized websites more reliable and user-friendly within ENS.
Dhive Introduces Interactive Copeland Voting Visualization
Dhive has launched an interactive chart to elucidate Copeland voting outcomes. This tool offers pairwise comparisons, displays final scores, and allows users to view vote distributions by clicking on scores. It’s designed to enhance transparency in platforms where voting logic isn’t fully visible.
How Doxxed Am I? Scan Your Onchain Footprint with ENS
Developed by builders during the ETHGlobal Hackathon in Taipei, “How Doxxed Am I?” is a privacy tool that reveals what your onchain activity exposes about you. Just input your ENS name to scan for links between wallets, assets, social profiles, and patterns—helping you assess your digital exposure in minutes.
EPO: A Decentralized Identity and Reputation Platform by Yuji
EPO is a decentralized platform developed by Yuji during the ETHGlobal Hackathon in Taipei. It offers users a unified interface for managing their digital identity, facilitating private money transfers, and showcasing their portfolios and reputations. EPO aims to enhance user control and privacy in the decentralized web.
Solva: Simplifying Crypto Payments with ENS Integration
Solva is a user-friendly payment app that enables instant, fee-free fund transfers. Developed during ETHGlobal Taipei 2025, it utilizes ENS subnames on Polygon for seamless username-based transactions. Watch the demo here: https://www.youtube.com/live/if_XZf0IIr8?t=5864s
→ Explore the app: Solva | ETHGlobal
ENSPin: Keep Your IPFS Content Alive
Built at ETHGlobal Taipei, ENSPin is a self-hostable tool that auto-pins updated ENS content hashes, helping keep your decentralized website online. The project is moving forward as an open source initiative.
→ Check it out: ENSPin | ETHGlobal
JustaName Subname Events Now on Ceramic via OrbisDB
JustaName now reflects offchain subname events on the Ceramic network using OrbisDB. Anyone can query the data via a decentralized, transparent interface.
→ Learn how to fetch subname events here
Virgil Griffith to Be Released from Prison This Week
@Alexu shares that Virgil Griffith made his final call from FCI Milan ahead of his release. He’ll be transferred to a halfway house in Baltimore on Wednesday. While this is progress, the fight for a full pardon and fair treatment continues.
Working Group Bulletin
Term 6 Lead Working Group Stewards + Secretary Appointment
- Meta-Governance – @5pence.eth
- ENS 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.
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ENS DAO Working Group Budgets for H1 2025
The ENS DAO has outlined its H1 2025 budgets:
- Meta-Governance Working Group: Allocated $544,000 USDC and 5 ETH for steward compensation, DAO tooling (including $50,000 for Agora), contract audits, discretionary spending, and governance initiatives.
- Ecosystem Working Group: Budgeted $832,000 USDC and 10 ETH, focusing on hackathons, grants, bug bounty programs, audit support, and other initiatives like IRL events and the newsletter.
- Public Goods Working Group: Set aside $343,480 USDC and 23 ETH for builder grants, a Giveth Round partnership, strategic grants, event support, and discretionary funds.
These allocations underscore the DAO’s commitment to governance, ecosystem development, and public goods within the Ethereum community. Read more.
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:
Meta-Governance 2025 Roadmap: Delegation, Coordination, and Experiments
The Meta-Governance Working Group is planning delegate onboarding, improved proposal reviews, and revamped meeting structures. Priorities include fixing vote delegation gaps, exploring DAO staking, and experimenting with treasury and Namechain mechanisms.
ENS Security Council Completes First Liveness Check
On March 9, 2025, the ENS Security Council conducted its inaugural liveness test to assess member responsiveness and coordination. The 4/8 multisig achieved the required 4 signatures within 16 hours and full consensus in under 2 days, demonstrating readiness to address potential governance threats.
SPP Vote Postponed Pending Amendments
The Service Provider Program vote is postponed until proposed amendments—like differentiating scopes, revising the voting process, and adjusting funding strategy—are finalized. Updates and coordination will continue via Notion, Telegram, and community feedback.
SPP2 Application Index Overview
The SPP2 Application Index lists all service provider submissions for ENS DAO’s Season 2. It includes funding requests for basic and extended scopes, two-year terms, and endorsement statuses. Each application features a video pitch and is tracked for delegate review.
→ View the index here
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.
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.
ENS Labs Updates: New tools, global presence, and a redesigned blog
ENS Labs launched a redesigned blog with 3 new posts, integrated Para Wallet for .eth registrations without wallets, and deployed a multi-delegate contract enabling token delegation in one transaction. Greg and Jeff will be at ETHGlobal Taipei. A quarterly update is coming soon!
Service Providers Updates
Namehash Labs
Namehash Labs presented ENSNode, a new multi-chain indexer powering ENSv2 and Namechain. It enables fast onchain resolution, dynamically retrieves offchain data, and bypasses subgraph limitations with flexible APIs.
ENSNode promotes decentralization by letting apps run independent instances and may also index offchain names. This shift reduces reliance on gateways and third parties.
Also spotlighted was ENSAdmin, a multi-chain dashboard for debugging and inspecting ENS activity. ENSV2’s referral program is under development, offering flexible, permissionless funding strategies via Namechain contracts.
Project Highlights
ENScribe
ENScribe enables developers to assign ENS names to contracts at deployment, boosting trust and reducing spoofing. It supports ABI uploads, parameter setting, and integration with Foundry/Hardhat. Now expanding to existing contracts and planning ENS.js support.
dWeb
The dWeb team is building an ENS-based indexing and pinning service to ease IPFS use. With funding issues stalling progress, next steps include bug fixes, IPNS pinning, direct peering, and UI improvements. It’s a decentralized solution for persistent web content.
PeerSky
PeerSky is a browser with native ENS and IPNS support, resolving .eth domains without HTTP gateways. It makes RPC calls directly and browses Web3 natively—solving the lack of P2P support in mainstream browsers and enhancing true Web3 browsing.
AIWS (GoverNoun.eth)
AIWS is building governance AI agents for ENS. Their agent can be delegated votes and lobbied by users. Chat and lobbying history will be published to IPFS for transparency, aiming to automate and democratize DAO participation.
x23ai
x23ai helps DAOs and delegates make better decisions with tools like proposal calendars, chatbots, and onchain/offchain data APIs. It now supports Tally/Agora, gives TL;DRs, and plans to apply for SPP to scale its governance infrastructure further.
ENSIP Updates
Raffy introduced ENSIP-21, standardizing the Batch Gateway Offchain Lookup Protocol. It enables faster, parallel CCIP reads for the Universal Resolver by transforming multiple offchain lookups into one request. This improves privacy, performance, and fault tolerance for ENS users across Web3 apps.
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 — March 27
- Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — April 3
Milestone Updates
Borderless Africa Startups Drive 4% of Africa’s Stablecoin Volume
Backed by an ENS DAO large grant, the Borderless Africa Magma program supports 76 founders—70% of them startups. 40 of these startups already contribute to 4% of all stablecoin volume in Africa. With cohort 3 launching soon, it’s a huge growth opportunity for ENS.
→ Learn more about the initiative here
Rethinking Public Goods Funding
The Public Goods Working Group is revisiting its public goods funding model, aiming to increase grant volume, reduce steward burden, and explore new mechanisms. A final budget is posted on the forum ahead of the vote.
DevTools Guild to Launch Pilot for Ethereum Core Tooling
A new initiative modeled after Protocol Guild—@conor’s DevTools Guild—will support key dev libraries and tooling across Ethereum. Launching in Q2 2025, it unites high-impact, ENS-integrated projects under one fund. The pilot seeks to raise $5M for long-term sustainability.
The Wellbeing Protocol Builds Hyper-Local Crypto Economies
Originally funded by the NZ government, The Wellbeing Protocol is a network of micro DAOs using Web3-native tools like quadratic voting and fund streaming to empower local communities. Future phases include crypto-native funding flows using ENS wallets and a localism marketplace.
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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