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

🏛️ Public Goods Meetings
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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply here if you want to present or raise a topic for discussion live during the call.

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka Sov is BACK
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • The Firefly site and FAQ is LIVE
  • Africa Pilot Notion is LIVE
  • @ndeto.eth chats EIP-7828 ens-7828-resolver
  • Latina Blockchain Hackathon - 2nd edition [Road To Devconnect Argentina] presentation
  • Urbe Napoli Campus & Hackathon report presentation
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL :sparkles:

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka Sov is BACK

  • Ozzy Tribute :metal:

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

4. The Firefly site and FAQ is LIVE

  • The Firefly site and FAQ are now live.
  • Feedback is welcome, and can be directed to Alisha.

5. Africa Pilot Notion is LIVE

  • A Notion page put together is available and will be continuously updated.
  • Feedback on the Notion page is also welcome.

6. @ndeto.eth chats EIP-7828 ens-7828-resolver

  • Presentation link.
  • ENS supports resolving addresses at the smart contract level using coin types to represent different networks.
    • prem.eth@base
  • The second part of an ENS name represents the chain
  • To resolve an address on a specific chain, like “base” the standard uses a coin type
  • There are two ways to determine the chain: centralized sources (JSON on a GitHub repository) and decentralized sources (an ENS registry)
  • The ENS registry will be managed by ENS and contain chain data, allowing the standard to determine the network an address belongs to.
  • For EVM chains, the coin type is derived using the chain ID, while non-EVM chains have a different method.
  • Using the name and coin type, ENSIP-9 can resolve a person’s address on a specific chain.
  • This is important for seamless interoperability between L2 chains, allowing for human-readable addresses that represent the chain.
  • Demo: A resolver has been created that works with the centralized list, with ongoing work on the decentralized chain registry.
  • The resolver can find addresses on different chains (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin).
  • This provides a UX upgrade and drives towards user-friendly interoperability
  • The resolver builds on prior work by the Interop working group, specifically ERC7828.
  • The library allows testing of the standard.
  • The core infrastructure is ENS, making it a public good.

7. Latina Blockchain Hackathon - 2nd edition [Road To Devconnect Argentina] presentation

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8. Urbe Napoli Campus & Hackathon report presentation

  • Presenting results from the Urbe campus in Napoli
  • Base is supporting with grants and bounties to develop the Italian ecosystem
  • Five-day boot camp, 20 hours of workshops, 12 attendees
  • Agenda: introduction to blockchain, solidity, hardhat, etc.
  • The team is satisfied with the bootcamp outcomes so far and plans to enhance them by offering more practical resources like funding, job, and grant sessions tailored to Web3 builders.
  • Future bootcamps will include beginner-friendly blockchain and smart contract development, plus AI-driven learning paths based on participant interests.
  • There’s a noticeable drop in organic engagement compared to 2022
  • It’s becoming increasingly difficult to engage people, even with good incentives
  • focusing on the Italian system because they believe it has great potential

9. Open floor for all questions, proposals, and other presentations, etc

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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply here if you want to present or raise a topic for discussion live during the call.

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Vyper presentation
  • Latina Blockchain Hackathon - 2nd edition [Road To Devconnect Argentina] presentation
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL :sparkles:

  • Weekly dose of public goods goodness

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka Sov

  • Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven :heart_hands:

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

4. Vyper presentation

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  • Full Presentation
  • Vyper is a smart contract language for Ethereum.
  • Prioritizes security by default.
  • Aims to onboard new Web3 contributors.
  • Obsessed with optimization.
  • In Solidity, optimization requires switching to low-level assembly, which is not readable and can lead to vulnerabilities.
  • Vyper wants to handle optimization in the backend, like compilers in Web2 languages.
  • It’s based on Python semantics
  • Second most popular language after Solidity on the EVM.
  • Secures $4.7B in TVL across multiple Defi protocols.
  • Curve’s contracts are linked to Vyper
  • Protocols like Lido and Velodrome use Vyper contracts
  • Vyper is working on formal verification of its compiler, which significantly increases safety.
  • Language diversity promotes competition and innovation
  • It mitigates systemic risk by reducing reliance on a single compiler like Solidity
  • Snekmate is a project that recreates Open Zeppelin libraries for Vyper as Vyper modules – GitHub link.
  • Idea - create Universal Resolver in Vyper
  • The Universal Resolver is a contract for reading data efficiently.
  • It could be rewritten in Vyper, and if it’s more efficient, it would be a good test case.

5. Latina Blockchain Hackathon - 2nd edition [Road To Devconnect Argentina] presentation

  • Presentation deck
  • WomenInBiz project introduction
  • Initiative that educates and empowers women through Web3.
  • They have 2,500 members from 14 Spanish-speaking countries
  • They are hosting the second edition of the Latina Blockchain Hackathon
  • There will be three tracks: driving blockchain adoption, innovation with AI agents, and products with AI.
  • They want ENS to be core infrastructure and are hoping for ENS grants.

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6. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.

6.1 ENS DAO x Nouns Spaces

  • Marcus asked Sov to host a space.
  • On August 6th, they will host it on the ENS DAO account with Nouns team.
  • People from Nouns will talk about the hackathon, how it went, and how people are building frontends on Nouns.
  • Post from ENS DAO soon.
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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply here if you want to present or raise a topic for discussion live during the call.

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Vyper grant announcement
  • ICANN research discussion
  • European Decentralisation Institute presentation
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL :sparkles:

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov

  • Tribute to Nirvana

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

4. Vyper grant announcement

  • The grant awarded to Vyper was announced.
  • It is the fourth strategic grant allocated this year.
  • The grant has matching funding from the EF

5. ICANN research discussion

  • The Public Goods Working Group is funding research to ensure ENS is well-involved and represented in ICANN discussions
  • Emily’s strategic research frees up the team for in-person engagement at ICANN meetings
  • The .locker transfer and partnership with Orange Domains resulted from ICANN engagement.
  • ENS is positioned as the only player operating in Web3 without creating potential name collisions in the DNS
  • The next ICANN meeting, the annual general meeting before the new gTLD program kicks off, will be in Dublin in November
  • After the grant is announced, there will be coordination with Emily to provide an overview of past and future key dates
  • The grant supports ENS’s deeper engagement within the ICANN structure
  • ICANN policy does not give preferential treatment to alternative TLD operators who ignore ICANN’s rules.
  • There is concern within ICANN about name collisions arising from independently created TLDs

6. European Decentralisation Institute presentation

  • European Decentralization Institute, a think tank dedicated to advancing decentralization for digital Europe, society, and economy.
  • Works closely with the European Commission and received an initial grant from the Ethereum Foundation.
  • Focuses on AI, finance, energy, and identity.
  • Aims to research decentralized identity and promote the message of the next level decentralization of identity in a policy brief for senior policymakers.
  • Wants to take identity cross-border and make it interoperable, addressing the centralized elements in the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet).
  • Advocates for privacy by design and citizen-centric approaches to identity.
  • Engage with policymakers, those working in government and writing regulations, rather than just politicians.
  • Thomas and Cap offer help on this matter to make ENS the central piece of digital identity.

7. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc

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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply here if you want to present or raise a topic for discussion live during the call.

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Fadhil joins with updates on Africa research
  • Arno from European Decentralisation Institute joins with info
  • Aleph Hackathon presentation
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL :sparkles:

  • Welcome to the weekly goods of public goods goodness!

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov

  • With Rage Against the Machine against the ETH haters! :metal:

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

4. Fadhil joins with updates on Africa research

  • Research and Insights
  • Fadil received a grant from ENS to do research and support African builders
  • Went to Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, and plans to go to Ghana and Nigeria

Regulatory space

  • Engaging with regulators across African markets, including central banks, capital markets authorities, and parliaments
  • In Kenya, there’s a massive drive in web3 blockchain adoption
  • Kenya is taking the lead with the Virtual Assets Service Providers bill.
    • Similar bills are in progress in Rwanda and Ghana
    • These bills focus on centralized products like exchanges and custodial service providers, requiring licensing
  • They are exploring tokenization, stablecoins, and custodial solutions
  • Monthly workshops are held with regulators

Web3 Clubs

  • https://x.com/Web3Clubs
  • Ochi is a co-founder at Web3 clubs, which started in the early 2000s.
  • Web3Clubs runs a builder hub in East Africa with a physical presence in Nairobi.
  • They received a 50k grant from Near Protocol to build decentralized apps.
  • They’ve run cohorts on Solidity, Cairo, StarkNet, and L2s, and are now pivoting to a founder’s cohort.
  • Built the biggest Web3 community in the region, primarily developer and founder-focused.

5. Arno from the European Decentralisation Institute joins with info

  • Arno Laven is the founder of the European Decentralization Institute.
    • Think tank advocating for decentralization as a strategic foundation for Europe
  • The core statement is: “There is no digital sovereignty without decentralization.”
  • This will be discussed with policymakers and industry leaders around late September/early October in Brussels
  • A concern is that only approved issuers (qualified trust service providers) can issue verifiable credentials within the EUDI wallet.
  • These providers, like banks and universities, need approval, which introduces a level of centralization.
  • Citizen-controlled identities are still dependent on US/China platforms (Android/iOS).
  • Switzerland has an interesting privacy-preserving solution, but faced challenges with government-issued credentials.
  • Research will be done by a team that includes people with backgrounds in philosophy, policy, economics, sociology, and tech
  • Full Presentation: ENS - Digital Identity - Google Slides
  • Resources:

6. Aleph Hackathon presentation

  • Casimiento is a movement bringing Argentina onchain, focusing on startups and regulatory aspects.
  • They’ve passed a regulation allowing tokenization solutions.
  • Working on a V2 with the government and building a special economic zone in Argentina.
  • Joining the Onchain Festival, kicking off on August 25th.
  • Aim to host the biggest hackathon in Latam, requiring bounties and builders.
  • Plan to accelerate 15-25 startups per vertical, leading to a startup World Cup at DevConnect.
  • They want ENS to support the creation of subdomains for all participating builders to get on-chain metrics.

7. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc

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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just raise a topic for discussion live during the call or DM us https://discuss.ens.domains/g/PublicGoods_Stewards

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • The EF SFC team joins us to intro & chat about our collaboration
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL :sparkles:

  • Weekly dose of public goods goodness.

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov

  • Steve Ray Vaughn - Pride and Joy
    • (because Ethereum is our Pride and Joy :sparkles:)

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

  • Secured a place in Buenos Aires for Devconnect - November 19, 6-9 pm.
  • ETHAccra hackathon at the beginning of September

4. The EF SFC team joins us to intro & chat about our collaboration

  • Talking more about EF + ENS collab.
  • Strategic grants have been funding projects with matching funding from EF
  • Excitement expressed about the collab and evolution from working in silos.
  • The collaboration is the outcome of two months of work
  • Vinay Vasanji leads the Strategic Funding Coordination team.
  • Aim is to increase the flow of information and funds from funders to projects
  • The team also aims to help projects surface that they’re in search of funding and getting credibility from EF to help additional funders get on board.
  • Building dashboards to surface projects to public goods funders and exploring mechanisms for sustainable funding.

Changes to EF grant process

  • The grant process at EF is shifting
    • Previously, grants were given through an open grant round and ad hoc grants surfaced by EF teams.
    • The process is pausing and will become more RFP-driven.
  • Teams will surface areas of priority, and a structured process will be in place for project applications and selection.
  • This will create a pipeline of high-priority domain areas
  • The process will be more structured, regular, and interactive

Collaboration and Benefits for builders

  • Projects approaching ENS for funding can be referred to the Strategic Funding Coordination team to identify alignment with upcoming RFPs.
  • This saves time for projects by helping them navigate the funding landscape
  • Shortening the time between inquiry and review can accelerate co-funding
  • Sharing project proposals among teams can provide builders with 2 grant reviews in one shot.
  • Previous EF grantees may graduate to a broader ecosystem of funders, with the team providing coordination and non-financial resources.
  • The collaboration allows for magnified impact and mutual support

Analysis

  • The EF is trying to determine which projects are essential to the broader ecosystem
  • Essential does not only mean technical infrastructure
  • Social infrastructure can also be essential too.
  • Examples of social infrastructure projects funded include Cyberpunk Congress, Magma (Africa Focused Developer Residency), and Shenzhen Researcher House.
  • Other areas include community initiatives, education (e.g., Web3 Bridge, Rare Skills), and research.
  • There is a public feed of announced grantees on the ESP Twitter handle
  • On average, there have been about 600 grantees per year
  • Budget ranges are based on need and scope

Ethereum Stories

  • Epoch 9 starts the 2nd week of October.
  • Applications are open until the end of the month.
  • It’s a collaboration between the EF team and the Octane team.

5. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.

Bybit Hack and Security Tool

  • David, with a security background, has been exploring options related to security incidents since the Bybit hack.
  • He is developing an AI-powered tool to identify addresses and determine user intent based on onchain data.
  • The tool uses decoded call data as input and can be modeled into a MetaMask snap.
  • Snaps offer additional capabilities to MetaMask that are not native.

ETHAccra update

  • The ETHAccra hackathon is two weeks away.
  • A webinar was hosted to onboard everyone to ENS.
  • The Hackathon requirements were given out.
  • Magma is also preparing for an event.
  • The magma event is on September 1st - 3rd;
  • The hackathon is on September 4th.
  • There will be a Builders day before the hackathon with overlap between the two events.
  • It might be interesting to get Joseph to speak at ETH Accra about public goods
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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just raise a topic for discussion live during the call or DM us https://discuss.ens.domains/g/PublicGoods_Stewards

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • EF SFC x ENS Dao announcement
  • Argot presentation
  • Musicaw3 - LATAM artist community presentation
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL [image]

  • Welcome to the weekly dose of public goods goodness!

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov

  • Pearl Jam jamming session

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

  • Next week is ETHAccra
    • ENS is a gold sponsor
  • L2 primary names are supported in VIEM and WAGMI
    • Builders are invited to test it

4. EF SFC x ENS Dao announcement

  • Collaboration with EF was announced last week.
  • A joint effort between ENS and EF to support builders.

5. Argot presentation

  • New non-profit independent R&D group
  • Mission: building the critical infrastructure for Ethereum applications
  • Gave an overview of the key projects under Argo (Solidity, Fee, and others).
  • The Solidity team is developing a newer, leaner language.
  • Overall goals: stabilizing the front-end language and fixing backend issues.
  • Priorities shifted towards correctness and security.
  • Core Solidity: A new iteration of the language
  • It will make Solidity faster, easier to add features, and more maintainable
  • The language standard library will introduce an EIP community process for community input.
  • Fixing the backend problem is another goal.
  • The spin-outs from the EF have been finalized.
    • Swiss nonprofit incorporated.
  • A funding agreement with the EF secures 3 years of financing.
  • They are seeking an additional two to three years of funding and have been in talks with stakeholders in the public goods funding ecosystem.
  • Solidity secures around $270 billion USD in TVL, highlighting the importance of independence and neutrality.
  • ARGO aims to secure around $10 million in the next year.
  • They are exploring funding from L1 applications, Ethereum treasury companies, and L2s, drawing inspiration from Lido’s impact staking.
  • Donations to the ARGO could potentially be framed as tax write-offs.
  • Supporting public goods could be presented as a risk mitigation strategy for Ethereum treasury companies, which have to file reports to the SEC

6. Musicaw3 - LATAM artist community presentation

  • Sol is a musician and songwriter who met and collaborated with Marcus
  • Sol’s project, musica w3, is a public good and community of independent musicians and artists working at the intersection of music, web3, and blockchain technology.
  • Their goal is to provide musicians with tools and education to understand the possibilities of this ecosystem
  • Musica w3 collaborated with ENS Namespace, allowing community members to claim ENS names with the musica w3 name.
  • Built a Farcaster mini app: Shine
  • Next week will present a song.
  • Sol is organizing a large side event for DevConnect in Argentina, expecting over 3,000 people.

7. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.

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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just raise a topic for discussion live during the call or DM us https://discuss.ens.domains/g/PublicGoods_Stewards

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Phantom Zone presentation
  • Musicaw3 - LATAM artist community presentation
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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1. Welcome ALL [image]

  • Welcome to the weekly goods of public goods goodness

2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov

  • Jimmy Hendrix on the menu today

3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

  • ETHAccra is currently live
  • Upcoming hackathons and social events:
    • ETHTokyo, 9/12 - 9/15
    • ETHGlobal New Delhi, 9/26 - 9/28
    • ETHRome, 10/17 - 10/19
    • Devconnect (Social) 11/19 6-9pm
    • ETHGlobal Buenos Aires, 11/21 - 11/23
  • 2 onchain proposals

4. Phantom Zone presentation

  • Phantom Zone is a research organization working on two things.
    1. Pulpy: a fully homomorphic encryption library (FHE).
    • FHE allows computation on encrypted private information.
    • You encrypt your private information using a secret key and then you give it to someone else.
    • The other person can compute any arbitrary function on top of this encrypted private information and give you back the result.
    • Can be used for ChatGPT inputs, medical applications, and blockchain applications.
    • It’s fast and modular, blockchain agnostic.
    1. Obfuscation
    • Obfuscation is another way of doing confidential compute.
    • It allows you to hide information off the program and hence get confidential compute.
    • With obfuscation, you can have encrypted smart contracts in Ethereum without having to trust anyone and without the performance bottlenecks that comes with cryptography in general.
    • You can have encrypted ENS registries and anonymous sybil-resistant voting
    • You can have encrypted mempools, encrypted block building, and encrypted databases.

5. Musicaw3 - LATAM artist community presentation

6. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.

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Time/Day: 4PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just raise a topic for discussion live during the call or DM us https://discuss.ens.domains/g/PublicGoods_Stewards

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • ICANN x web3 updates and structure
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.