☎️ ENS Ecosystem Working Group – Weekly Meeting: 12pm ET, Thursday

🌱 ENS Ecosystem Meetings
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:seedling: Ecosystem Meeting, August 3rd, 2023

Details

Time/Day – 12pm ET (4pm UTC) every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/ecv-oizn-psi

Stewards: @slobo.eth (ENS | Twitter), @limes (ENS | Twitter), @184.eth (ENS | Twitter)

:information_source: Please reach out to @slobo.eth (Twitter) if you would like to present on a future call.

Attendance

slobo.eth, limes.eth, 184.eth, 5pence, alisha.eth, accessor, alexandro netto, arcadian.eth, atanda david, cap, dr3a 7234, evan, hellenstans.eth, lakshman sankar, light walker, maintainer, mailchain (verycozy.eth), marcus estmcmxci, prem makeig, rasmus b, shaik hidayath, sydmead, thomas clowes, tyler caldonia, vegayp, vincent (zadok7.eth), yungsb

1. Project Highlights

@hidayath.eth (ENS | Twitter)
from (1w3.io ENS | Twitter)

  • Hidayath gave a demo of recent updates & improvements:
    • ‘Template Marketplace’ is where community-created designs are turned into NFTs (erc1155), enabling other users to build websites using these templates.
      • Users can monetise websites built on the platform by setting a price & supply size to templates, and make these available on Opensea (Matic Network).
    • 1w3 has also updated their modules to enable audio, video, PDF files, and image galleries to the website design.
    • Additionally 1w3 platform is now open to everyone (with the access code requirement recently removed).
  • Platform updates, including template marketplace, are intended as additional utility to drive adoption of how people use content hashes & ENS names.
    • User adoption has been positive, with ~700 sign-ups, ~800 websites built, and 200+ ENS names connected.
  • :grey_exclamation: Hid is seeking community feedback on choosing the appropriate blockchain for NFT deployment - Polygon or Optimism.
    • Those on the call expressed favour towards Optimism.

2. Review ens.canny.io

  • Canny is a feedback platform for feature requests, integrations, and bug reports.
    • note: sensitive bug reports should be sent via email.
  • Users can submit and upvote items.
  • This aims to provide more visibility to feedback.
  • Read the forum post: Share Feedback and Feature Requests related to ENS

3. ENS Referrals

@lightwalker.eth (ENS | Twitter)

  • Light walker discussed Affiliate Programs & ideas for ENS.
    • An affiliate program would incentivise individuals or entities to promote ENS and drive more registrations and renewals.
    • Programs encourage content creators, projects, and services (e.g. Rainbow wallet, EnsVision, EnsFairy) to participate and contribute to growth.
    • Programs attract more creatives to produce content and tools that educate and lead to new users to register and renew ENS names.
    • Affiliate programs can create a cycle of everyone benefiting. With revenue going to those who produce effective content and tools.
    • With tracking, we can capture those projects not visible in the onboarding process, give them voices, and foster new talent & innovation being attracted to ENS.
  • The program should be designed in a way that is completely permissionless, allowing anyone to apply and become an affiliate without the need for a review process.
    • There should not be added costs to customers, and No additional gas fees.
    • Ensure design is decentralised and onchain is a key aspect.
    • Proposal suggests using subdomains as affiliate IDs and tracking onchain using subgraph to calculate rewards.
    • Having monthly automated payout scripts or decentralised mechanisms for commission settlements.
  • Further discussions and feedback from the community is needed to refine and address technical and economic aspects of the program.
    • :grey_exclamation: Drop your feedback about this proposal: ENS Affiliate proposal feedback
    • The suggestion of scheduling a separate meeting with interested participants to dive deeper into the topic and present the proposal in detail is considered valuable.
  • @alextnetto.eth shared about the AAVE Referral Program.
  • Additional resources:

4. Security advisory: A malicious DAO update could reduce the registration duration of registered .eth 2LDs

  • Read the forum post by Nick.eth – Security advisory: A malicious DAO update could reduce the registration duration of registered .eth 2LDs
  • The advisory discloses two bugs:
    • One related to appointing a registrar controller which reduces domain name expiry by 90 days (and the ability to repeat this).
    • The other related to being able to change ownership of any name that can be wrapped.
  • A bug bounty of 100k USDC has been paid for identifying this vulnerability.
    • The risk of exploit occurring is limited, and the code for a solution is already written.
    • Bug bounties are essential for encouraging disclosure of vulnerabilities, and the amount paid is considered reasonable given the potential impact of the vulnerability.
    • Read more about the ENS Bug Bounty Program.

5. Review any upcoming events with ENS involvement

There are no immediate events.

In Q4

6. ENS Ecosystem Working Group Grants

  • Ecosystem WG distributes larger grants on a rolling basis.
    • You can apply anytime with this deform. The evaluation process takes ~4 weeks, and unsuccessful applications can also reapply in future.

7. Open space for additional topics

@Elle97 asked if Ecosystem WG is participating in upcoming Gitcoin Grants Round.

  • It was clarified ENS is not participating.
  • Reminder: small grants has moved to Quarterly - stay tuned for dates.

ENS Merch Shop

@Premm.eth and @clowes.eth talked about working on L2s.

  • They’re utilising dm3 code and have received a grant from Optimism to work on their own registry, using name wrapper and more.
  • :grey_exclamation: Reach out to @Premm.eth if you’d like to connect and be involved in the discussion of ENS on L2s
    • Vegayp offered support.

Slobo.eth shared about the importance of having a L2 way to set primary names.

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