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Q2 (2026) Namespace Service Provider Report

This quarter had 2 threads running in parallel: wrapping up our SPP2 term and preparing, submitting, and defending our SPP3 application, all while continuing to ship. Namespace was selected for SPP3, thank you to the committee, and everyone who has supported us through the process. We’re honored to keep building for ENS, and we intend to make it count.

SPP3

  • Submitted our SPP3 application, went through the committee interview process.
  • Our SPP3 focus is subname commercialization and ENS growth.
  • Subname registrations and resolutions are our north star metrics going forward
    • Every workstream below feeds into that.

Products and Services

Namespace app

  • Added support for AI agents to build Offchain subnames using offchain subnames skill.
    • npx skills add thenamespace/skills -s offchain-ens-subname-sdk
  • Deployed an OG meta tag service on Google Cloud with caching and dynamic image generation, so name and subname pages get proper social media previews.
  • Fixed a batch of bugs along the way: wallet connection issues, gas fee display, avatar SDK upgrades, performance improvements on name pages, etc.
  • Improved ENS name activation flows with recursive fetches and virtualized lists for large subname collections.
  • V1 subname minting stays temporarily with a phased deprecation as we transition to ENSv2.

Documentation and website updates

  • Reworked documentation around the new web app and replaced the older Dev Portal website and terminology with the Namespace App.
  • Rewrote the subname search and registration docs and ENS name activation guide.
  • Added or improved pages for ENS Components and Resolvio.
  • Fixed outdated product references and blog links, and published changelog updates for recent Offchain SDK releases.
  • Updated the Namespace SDK documentation, supported-chain references, examples, and changelogs, and improved the SDK repository with clearer branding, product links, etc.
  • Moved the Namespace newsletter a our new website.

ENSv2 smart contracts

Most of our deep technical work this quarter went into ENSv2 readiness.

  • Started working on new smart contracts for onchain activation, pricing, and subname minting built against ENSv2 architecture.
  • Heavy focus on gas optimization - minting and listing costs are below $1, with Merkle tree whitelists explored to push fees down further.
  • Features include stablecoin payments, revenue sharing to multiple wallets, multi-token gating across chains, sponsored transactions, etc.
  • We’ll launch the testnet (Sepolia) deployment as soon as ENSv2 releases, with audits before production.
  • Migration plan for existing V1 subname products is being written up.

ENS Indexer

  • Built a new ENS indexer (read more: ensindexer-rs), written in Rust, covering indexing, storage, and the API layer.
  • Indexed 5 years of ENS data (~42M logs) using Hypersync batch fetching.
  • Full sync takes 3-5 hours end to end; the resulting Postgres dump is ~70GB.
  • Exploring distributing the dump via CDN so anyone can spin up a fully synced ENS index fast.
  • ENS Labs is building their own indexer Bigname, so we’re coordinating rather than duplicating, and will contribute if and where it makes sense.

ENS Skills / agent-native tooling

Continuing the agent-native direction from last quarter:

  • Added a vendor-neutral ENS protocol skill for developers and coding agents.
    • A skill for frontend integration: avatars, caching, error states, all through a zero-dependency HTTP REST interface.
  • Synced Resolvio and ENS Components guidance into the Skills repository so agents and developers get the same source of truth.
  • ENS MCP: updated to newer Effect versions and added support for Grok and Codex.

ENS Components

  • Added a calendar-based duration picker for ENS registrations.
  • Improved network fee estimation with fallbacks for RPC estimation failures.
  • Fixed referrer handling and simplified underlying pricing logic, backed by new pricing tests.
  • Added IPNS support and fixed IPNS parsing bugs.
  • Updated the developer documentation.
  • Exploring full user styling of ENS Components plus an interactive customization playground.

Avatar service

  • Avatar service merged into our metadata service infrastructure, SDK updated to v4 and exposed publicly.
  • Added detailed logging and Grafana-based monitoring and alerting for security and usage tracking.

Clients / Integrations

  • PizzaDAO (pizzaday.eth): built the pizzaday.eth subname experience for the Pizza Day campaign. PizzaDAO can airdrop subnames to participants, who can then burn the received name and mint a new subname of their choice. The flow is fully sponsored, covering both initial distribution and burn-and-remint. We also improved registration with eligibility checks, default address handling, faster UI feedback, and edge case fixes.
  • Filecoin: contributed a PR to their pinning service and continued integration follow-ups.
  • FCNova (experiment): explored a Filecoin-focused offchain ENS subname experience under fcnova.eth. Built an initial free and gasless subname flow, an early CLI/package for issuing the subnames, and explored ENS subnames as an identity layer across the Filecoin ecosystem.

Too early to name names; we’ve learned not to overstate pipelines, but:

  • Added ENS subname support for a prediction market built on a blockchain L1.
    • Added Polkadot support to the Offchain Manager, with metadata support for non-EVM (substrate) addresses while preserving ENS semantics.
  • Wrote and sent a proposal to a big exchange and bridging services for custom subnames (ENS Labs referral).
  • Ongoing SDK testing and integration work ahead of the mainnet with one blockchain that will be using ENS as their naming service.
  • Early-stage conversations with fintech apps and neobanks, around ENS resolution and subnames support.

BD and Growth

CRM pipeline this quarter:

  • 54 active opportunities and newly established connections.
  • 2 enterprise fintech opportunities added to the pipeline.
  • 1 existing public sector enterprise customer moved to the Work In Progress stage.
  • Outreach engine running at 75-100 companies contacted per month, increasingly AI-assisted.
  • Pakistan Crypto Council: discussions continue (see previous reports for context), milestone-driven and long-term as expected with public sector work.

Community and Ecosystem

  • Preping for the summer and fall conference season (ETHBelgrade, Token2049 and others).
  • ENS x AI group: weekly calls continue and the group keeps growing.

Stats

  • total subnames: 862k
  • total resolutions: 19M
  • activated namespaces / new registries: 230

Bonus: Namera

Namera kept moving as a side workstream:

  • Built the main Namera product surface across the SDK and CLI.
  • Dashboard built out: organizations, team management, session keys, policy templates, activity and audit logs, email login.
  • Session key management exposed via MCP server, for agent work.
  • Expanded docs, AI-facing docs, blog and content, RSS, and the SDK/docs surfaces.
  • Next steps:
    • Official Alpha launch expected soon.
    • Build custom policy templates for major protocols (Uniswap, Aave, Polymarket, ENS, etc.).
    • Add ENSIP25/26 support along with Adapter8004.

That’s all. Back to work.

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