Would love to see this happen. In past terms, we’ve discussed that one of Meta-Governance’s core mandates should be to continue advancing decentralization of the ENS protocol.
Rule IV of the ENS DAO Constitution states, “ENS Integrates with the global namespace"—progressive decentralization to other developer teams and/or registrars should be seen as part of this mandate.
Delegates have a responsibility to consider this, and Meta-Governance should communicate it clearly and promptly, while providing resources for further inquiry if needed.
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Love your idea for protocol hygiene. It’s technically virtuous. Am I going too far to invoke James 4:8 here? Housecleaning goes a long way, and it pays. Refactoring codebases should definitely be incentivized.
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Say more. Creating incentives guided by data from historical registration and renewal data sounds like a smart play.
Have you tied this back to any of @danch.quixote’s thread on the new pricing policy research?
My POV: Incentivizing long-term registrations (e.g., 8L+ domains) could accelerate adoption.
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For example, through $ENS or modest subsidies, bringing costs down for users while sustaining ENS’s long-term income.