☎️ ENS Ecosystem – 2026 Bi-Weekly Meetings: Thursday at 11am EST (Starting 22 Jan)

cap · May 28, 2026, 4:18pm

1. ENS Labs Updates

Audits for core protocol are in good condition
Some issue with the ownership model in some contracts was identified
A malicious DAO could potentially upgrade HCA implementations to steal names
Currently working on implementing a solution for this
New version of the app and explorer are live:
- https://app.ens.dev/
- https://explorer.ens.dev/
Moving to the Beta stage soon
Significant effort is put into ensuring ecosystem readiness for ENSv2, including smooth resolution of names and data from new registrations, and improved support for offchain and non-ETH TLDs.
ETHConf is coming up, and the ENS Labs team will be there
ETHGlobal New York is coming up, and ENS is sponsoring the hackathon

ENS data model
ENSv1 and ENSv2 will exist in parallel, necessitating a new data indexing solution
The existing ENS subgraph does not support resolution and is blind to ENSv2, leading to applications “breaking their ENS resolutions” and requiring developers to manually combine data from different APIs.
Raw resolution APIs are too complex for most developers, often resulting in errors in decoding, validating, and normalizing resolver records.
The ENS Omnigraph API unifies ENSv1 and ENSv2 into a single state model and API, addressing current resolution issues.
It provides an abstraction layer to simplify resolution queries and responses for 99% of use cases, eliminating the need for developers to handle complex details like coin types or specific record keys.
The API intelligently decides whether to query RPC nodes or use cached index data for resolutions and offers “RAW records resolution” for specialized use cases.
ENS Node is designed for easy self-hosting and features an architecture that decouples the index data model from API exposure using ENSDb and ENS Node plugins
Edge & Node is invited to contribute by building a better, faster implementation of the ENS Indexer, specifically an ENSDb writer aligned with the ENS Unigraph index data model to ensure compatibility with the ENS Node stack.