NameHash Labs SPP2 Quarterly Report 2/4
NameHash Labs is happy to share our second of four SPP2 quarterly reports. This report dives into our progress across six workstreams: ENSNode, ENSRainbow, ENSAdmin, ENS Referral Programs, ENS TokenScope, and ENSAwards – plus many Bonus Deliverables we shipped for the ENS community this past quarter.
Why SPP2 Quarterly Report 2/4?
Wondering why this is called the “SPP2 Quarterly Report 2/4”? This is our second quarterly report of the SPP2 term. This report covers all deliverables our team has shipped since the SPP2 Q1 period concluded. We’ll be dropping a total of four quarterly reports over the SPP2 term, each packed with updates like this one.
KPIs: Over a 220% delivery rate
This quarter we once again significantly exceeded our performance targets set out in the SPP2 Scope of Work (SOW) from the NameHash Labs SPP2 proposal.
We’re measured against a 90%+ completion benchmark for the 20 deliverables originally proposed for SPP2 Q2.
Of these 20 deliverables originally proposed for SPP2 Q2, 4 were already completed in SPP2 Q1:
- Expand multichain indexing support to 1-2 additional chains.
- R&D for React hooks and UI component libraries building on ENSNode’s accelerated loading strategy.
- Preview release of “ENS Resolution Accelerator” technology.
- Release “Intelligent Data Set Versioning” capability, enabling a single ENSRainbow instance to grow its set of healed labels across time while maintaining stable behaviour for each connected ENSNode instance.
In addition, our team shipped another 41 high value deliverables this past quarter. This includes 29 bonus deliverables that go beyond the scope of our original SPP2 proposal.
This works out to a 225% delivery rate ((4 + 41) / 20) and demonstrates once again how our team is pushing hard to deliver value for ENS.
Completed Deliverables
1.1 ENSNode
- Released “v1” of ENSNode to ensure the ENS ecosystem has an indexed data solution available prior to the ENSv2 release.
- Supported the transition of multiple apps in the ENS ecosystem to ENSNode, including Grails, Enscribe, basenames-cli, and more.
- Deployed hosted instances of ENSNode with optimized uptime availability free for the ENS community to use.
This quarter we put a special focus on recruitment, including searching for a talented engineer to lead our Developer Relations effort. As of the 1st of December we are happy to report that this key role has been filled and we look forward to publishing the following deliverable in the upcoming future:
- Ship “v1” of ENSNode developer docs.
Beyond Scope “Bonus” Deliverables:
- Released “alpha” indexing support for ENSv2.
- Shipped a new “alpha” GraphQL API for querying a unified ENSv1+ENSv2 state model.
- Launched an early “alpha” of ENSAnalytics (a new vision we’re advancing to enable a set of capabilities approximating Dune + Etherscan, but more powerful and completely tailored for ENS). ENSAnalytics is already helping to power the ENS Holiday Awards leaderboards.
- Released an all new app, ENSApi, to the ENSNode suite of apps. Our vision for ENSApi is to deliver the ultimate ENS API service that enables developers building on ENS to quickly bring their visions to reality through a more intuitive and fully explicit state model. The initial release of ENSApi supports full horizontal scalability of ENSNode while enabling us to navigate the challenge of supporting production traffic with ENSv1 indexing logic and APIs in parallel with building a significant set of enhancements for ENSv2 indexing logic and APIs.
- Collaborated with the ENS Labs team to support the advancement of ENSv2 contracts.
- R&D for specialized data models for indexing ENSv2, such as the “ENS Nameforest”.
- Shipped preview React Hooks and UI component library for accelerated ENS social profiles that was originally proposed for SPP2 Q3.
- Released a new “Registrars” plugin for ENSNode, advancing a new indexed data model for “logical” registrar actions.
- Shipped a new “registrar actions” API, enabling new insights on “logical” registrar actions, such as the live feed of referrals on ENS Holiday Awards.
- Implemented application-level fallbacks for Subgraph APIs to support production traffic transitioning from the Subgraph to ENSNode.
- Implemented infrastructure-level fallbacks for Subgraph APIs to maximize uptime and availability for production traffic transitioning from the Subgraph to ENSNode.
- Advanced new production hosting with full infrastructure-as-code management.
- Shipped support for fallback RPC providers and the automated generation of RPC endpoint URLs for easier operation of an ENSNode instance.
- Released support for websocket RPCs.
- Upgraded “ens-test-env” support.
- Optimized environment variable configurations for easier operation of an ENSNode instance.
- Launched updated “protocol-accleration” ENSNode plugin.
- Launched indexing support for all of the new contracts that Basenames released to optimize their alignment with ENSIP-19 and multichain primary names.
- Enhanced indexing status APIs, including an innovative approach to indexing status snapshots, projections, and multi-layered cache management.
2.2 ENSRainbow
All ENSRainbow deliverables originally scheduled for SPP2 Q2 were already delivered in our Q1.
2.3 ENSAdmin
- Shipped ENSv2 Protocol Inspector (specialized for ENSv2 contracts).
- Shipped “ENS Protocol Inspector” support for multiple additional ENS resolution scenarios.
- Expanded the ENS integrator library for multiple important ENS resolution test cases.
2.4 ENS Referral Program
- Shipped promotional landing page microsite for the launch of ENS Holiday Awards, the first installment of the ENS Referral Program.
- Shipped targeted outreach campaigns to more than 10 prospective ENS Referral Program apps and wallets, promoting the recurring revenue model opportunity for promoting the registration and renewal of .eth names. Outreach included engaging with a range of wallets, apps, registrar frontends, and builders to include Blockscout, Grails, Rainbow Wallet, and many more.
Beyond Scope “Bonus” Deliverables:
- Shipped indexer and live reward tracking dashboards for ENS Referral Programs launch that was originally proposed for SPP2 Q3.
- Delivered ENS integration support to apps and wallets expressing interest to participate in ENSv2 Referral Programs that was originally proposed for SPP2 Q3.
- Shipped referral program contract for universal referred renewals.
- Released a new “Referrer Details” API, enabling the detailed tracking of all referrals made by a particular referrer.
- Released a new “ens-referrals” library, delivering useful utilities to developers integrating with the ENS Referral Program.
2.5 ENS TokenScope
- Shipped support for unified queries of primary and secondary market state for tokenized ENS names.
With the announcements of both Grails and Kamiko providing open source marketplace infrastructure for tokenized ENS names, we shifted our TokenScope roadmap. Therefore, three of the four TokenScope deliverables originally proposed for Q2 were postponed to enable focus on other higher-priority ENS ecosystem needs that we shipped this quarter instead. Deliverables adjusted for future quarters:
- Ship support for aggregation of onchain and offchain buy and sell order data for tokenized ENS names.
- Ship support for creating new buy and sell orders for tokenized ENS names.
- Ship support for querying the top buy and sell orders for tokenized ENS names.
2.6 ENSAwards
- Completed detailed benchmarks of multiple ENS integrations. Produced detailed reports. Promoted issued awards on social media.
- Refined key metrics and tests used to evaluate and award ENS integrations.
Beyond Scope “Bonus” Deliverables:
- Designed and launched a landing page to help promote ENS Contract Naming Season.
- Shipped Contract Naming Leaderboards with detailed metrics for DAO smart contract naming.
2.7 ENS Advocacy
Beyond Scope “Bonus” Deliverables:
- Submitted application to ICANN to participate in their Applicant Support Program (ASP) that provides valuable resources for public benefit organisations like NameHash Labs when applying for new DNS TLDs. Through this effort we aim to help expand ENS’s growth potential through traditional DNS.
- Hosted office hours at the ENS Booth during DevConnect 2025 in Buenos Aires. While at DevConnect we onboarded developers to ENSNode and promoted the launch of ENS Holiday Awards.
- Participated in ICANN84 in Dublin to build relationships with the DNS and domain name community and identify concrete opportunities for ENS growth in the traditional DNS world.
2.8 Service Provider Reports
- Published this quarterly report.
Community Engagement Highlights
This past quarter we advanced meaningful community engagement for ENS at two events.
In October, we attended ICANN84 in Dublin to build relationships with the DNS community and advance plans for submitting an application to acquire a new DNS TLD to help ENS grow.
In November, we traveled to Buenos Aires for DevConnect, where ENS Labs invited us to host office hours at the ENS Booth. We used this platform to onboard developers to ENSNode–the new backend and developer platform for ENS–and promote the launch of ENS Holiday Awards, the first installment of the ENS Referral Awards program running from December 1st through December 31st. These targeted engagements allowed us to directly engage with the ecosystem, gather feedback on ENSNode adoption, and activate the community around the new referral program.
Financial Report
The report below summarizes financials for NameHash Labs through September 30, 2025.
This SPP2 Quarterly Report 2/4 is published mid-Q4 calendar year 2025; therefore, complete Q4 2025 calendar year financial data will be included in our SPP2 Quarterly Report 3/4.
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Our Workstreams
- ENSNode
- ENSAwards
- ENS Referral Program
- ENSRainbow
- ENSAdmin
- ENS TokenScope (a plugin for ENSNode)
Looking Ahead
Our team is proud to have completed so many impactful deliverables for ENS this past quarter–more than doubling our committed scope. We focused resources on high-value outcomes across ENSNode, ENS Referral Programs, and ENSAwards that drive real ecosystem growth. Looking ahead to next quarter, we’re already advancing more critical infrastructure for ENS’s continued expansion and the upcoming ENSv2 launch.