☎ ENS Public Goods – Weekly Meeting: 12pm ET/5pm UTC, Thursday – Term 6

cap · October 2, 2025, 5:34pm

1. Welcome ALL [image]

Upcoming proposal for setting primary names for ENS DAO.
ETHGlobal India had the largest number of hackers ever
New Delhi KPIs:
- Hacker contacts: 222
- Projects used ENS: 86
- Percentage of all submissions: 13.96% (616 in total)
- Hackers in total: 1600
Upcoming events:
- Hackathon: ETHRome, 10/17 - 10/19
- Big presence: DevConnect (Social), 11/19 6-9pm
- Hackathon: ETHGlobal Buenos Aires, 11/21 - 11/23

Remix received a $50k grant from ENS Public Goods WG.
This represents 25% of the total match they’ll be getting from EF over 2 years.
Remix has completed its first quarter as a dual entity.
Launched the first iteration of their new platform.
- Initially, just a public presence for Remix
- Eventually, there will be login access to various instances of Remix.
ENS is represented on the platform as a public good partner.
An impact page is being developed to characterize the impact of the grant.
- It will evolve into an open-source observer and Dune analytics.
Discussions with Open Source Observer are ongoing
- The aim is to improve how impact is characterized.
Discussions about integrating ENS as a login into Remix.
- The idea involves ENS login and creating a dedicated subdomain.
- This would allow users to have dedicated storage and test contracts without linking to public information.
Regular updates will be posted, including progress on ENS integration.

Full presentation.
Commit-boost repo.
Fabric knowledgebase.
Fabric is a nonprofit focusing on out-of-protocol infrastructure for Ethereum, with a shift towards in-protocol aspects.
Two main efforts: Fabric (based rollups and pre-confirmations, focus of the ENS grant) and Commit Boost.
Commit-boost is entirely grant-funded, aiming to avoid venture capital.
~30% or more of validators on Mainnet are running Commit Boost.
Teams are launching pre-confirmation protocols in production.
Commi-boost has significant adoption on the mainnet.
- The main registry contract has undergone 2 audits.
- Integrations are in progress across multiple teams.
The Fabric website compiles research on based rollups and pre-confirmations.
The focus was always on based rollups to heal fragmentation because of synchronous composability.
Realization: synchronous composability can be achieved without running a based rollup, as long as coordination with validators making pre-comp commitments is possible.
Goal: put together a testnet working with different teams for end-to-end pre-confirmations integrated with the based rollup.
Target date: DevConnect (cross fingers).
Continue pushing on synchronous composability research in and out of protocol.

Full presentation.
This was the third time doing this event.
This year included a Builders Day.
Lasted four days.
250 hackers, 400 attendees, 60 submissions
Partnered with 10 different sponsors.
- ENS, Base, EFP, Filecoin, and ETH Global were new this year.
ENS Impact:
- From the 60 submissions, 42 used ENS (~70% coverage).
- Pre-event webinar with Greg and Simon about ENS was well-received.
- 60% of the attendees were first-time hackathon attendees.
Activities throughout the year:
- Host meetups almost every month.
- Campus tour to different universities.
- Technical workshop.
- Webinars from sponsors.
- Newsletters, quizzes, a meme challenge.
- And a lot more!
Submission rate for hackathon exploded despite bounty price decrease, suggesting people are there to learn, engage, and be part of the community.
Best projects:
- Fusion ENS, a keyboard for using an iOS ENS keyboard.
- Enroute: routes money anywhere, splits savings, transfers, etc.

Full presentation.
Network funding focuses on securing sustainable funding and building partnerships that strengthen Ethereum’s cultural and technical foundations at the local level.
Turning Degens to Regens.
Weekly podcast with Kevin Owocki with leaders and founders.
262 episodes, 1.9k followers.
6 active local chapters across 9 countries.
Aims to build a transparent, community-driven capital allocation system.
Proposals raised by local chapters are reviewed, discussed, and voted on.
Proposed research (already passed and planning to execute):
- Thailand: will set up environmental sensors to monitor air pollution, temperature, and noise.
- Nigeria: will monitor water quality, course usage, and sanitation in a selected community.
- South Africa: will turn waste into healthy components for a community garden.
Hopes ENS Small Grants can support at least 5 to 10 different projects.
Funding request: 2 ETH