Ecosystem Meeting, October 26, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 12pm ET (4pm UTC) every Thursday
Google Meet Link – http://meet.google.com/ecv-oizn-psi
Stewards: @slobo.eth | ENS Profile, @limes | ENS Profile, @184.eth | ENS Profile
Please reach out to @slobo.eth if you would like to present on a future call.
Agenda
- Funding Request Votes are in!
- Core Updates
- Project Highlights
- Small grants – voting live
- Weekly Review of Canny
- Review any upcoming events with ENS involvement
- ENS Ecosystem Working Group Grants
- Open space for additional topics
Funding Request Votes are in
All three ENS Working Group Budget Proposals passed and will be moving to an onchain vote soon
Core Updates
EVM Gateway
Work has been progressing on EVM Gateway.
EVM Gateway is critical infrastructure to ENS working on layer 2s as it allows layer 1 smart contracts to read data from layer 2 contracts (Specifically OP Stack Layer 2s)
If you’d like to check out the github repo, it can be found here.
Gasless DNSSEC
Gasless DNSSEC is making good progress towards mainnet deployment!
Gasless DNSSEC allows DNS name owners to use their existing domains in the web3 ecosystem for free. For instructions on how to turn DNS names into ENS on the Sepolia testnet, follow the instructions here.
Note: Not all TLDs are currently supported on testnet.
The afformentioned releases will have an official announcement later this year in place of frENS Day.
Project Highlights
No Project Highlights this week
Small grants
Small Grants voting is live!
Everyone who voted in the past or is a delegate has a voter card. Every wallet with a voter card has 100 votes and selecting the projects you want to vote for distributes your votes between all the projects you select.
Small Grants uses Snapshot under the hood and, if desired, votes can be distributed there.
Weekly Review of Canny
Engagement and upvoting on Canny are helpful, offering direct feedback to ENS Labs & Working Groups that benefit the ENS protocol. ENS.canny.io includes feature requests, integrations, bug reports, and community upvoting. Read more on the 
Forum here.
Review any upcoming events with ENS involvement
| DATE | Event/Location | Who is Attending |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 17-19 | ETH Instanbul | mdt.eth, ENS Developers |
Although frENS Day is cancelled, ETHGlobal Instanbul is still happening with ENS devs. Feel free to reach out @mdt to get in touch with those attending
ENS Ecosystem Working Group Grants
Forum: Term 4 Grants – The Ecosystem Working Group grants are designed to support projects and builders contributing to the ENS ecosystem. Apply anytime through the DeForm platform here. Evaluation process takes ~4 weeks
Open Space for Additional Topics
Talks of a community led Devconnect Happy Hour were discussed. Reach out to @alextnetto.eth for details