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

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@don.nie

Agenda

1. ENS Labs Updates
2. Project Highlights
3. Review Upcoming Events
4. ENSIP Updates
5. Space for Service Providers
6. Open Space for Additional Topics

• @estmcmxci to give a high-level recap of what’s emerged in the ENS x AI chat

1. ENS Labs Updates

• ENSv2 is staying on Ethereum (learn more - blog post)
  • The decision was made because the L1 is scaling
  • Gas costs are significantly lower
  • More sustainable from the DAO perspective
  • More secure
• Alpha releases of 2 apps
  • 1. App - consumer-friendly version
  • 2. Explorer - developer-centric version
• Feedback on the apps is welcome!
• ENSIP-25 is live - first IP dedicated to AI agents!
• The Labs team is at ETHDenver - repping ENS, meeting with partners, and giving talks.

2. Project Highlights

• Greg created ETH Gas Alerts website.
• It allows you to estimate the tx fee based on the gas at that moment.
• The site has a history tab to track gas prices over time.
• Over last 30 days, there was 1 spike, but gas prices have been consistently under 0.5 gwei.

3. Review Upcoming Events

• Labs team is at ETHDenver

4. ENSIP Updates

• ENSIP-25 was officially merged.
• ENSIP-26 in the works - Agent Context.
• on.eth - chain registry resolver docs.

5. Space for Service Providers

• Netto made a PR to improve Safe’s user experience with ENS.
  • Learn more: https://x.com/alextnetto/status/2020205033711657043

6. Open Space for Additional Topics

6.1. @estmcmxci to give a high-level recap of what’s emerged in the ENS x AI chat

• Full presentation.
• Marcus discusses the ENS x AI TG group chat started by Cap and Premm.
• Shared a post from the National Institute of Standards Technology regarding securing AI agent systems and an AI agent standard initiative.
• NIST sets cryptographic and identity standards used across government and enterprise.
• Aligning with the NSIT positions ENS as a credible bridge between decentralized identifiers and regulated identity systems.
• The CTA is to align on a minimal ENS agent profile and discovery pattern, and publish it as a draft as reference architecture, and submit it as an input to these RFIs that the NIST is opening up discussion for.
• Organizational metadata standard is mentioned as a solution promising standardization of how to express all metadata about ENS names and what they identify.
• Work in the ENS x AI chat so far has been working with everyone and defining a specific direction when things become clearer in AI agents and crypto.